DATE: Sunday, March 16, 2014
STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
MAINE STATE POLICE
PRESS RELEASE
PREPARED BY: Sgt. Brian Harris
CONTACT #: 207-532-5400
TROOPER: Tr. Shawn Whalen
TROOP: F
INCIDENT DETAILS
DATE/TIME: 03-15-2014 / 2300 HRS
LOCATION: U.S. Rt 1 – Westfield
NATURE: Property Damage Tractor-Trailer Crash
OPERATOR 1: Josef Vencek
AGE: 70
STATE OF RESIDENCE: California
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 2005 / Freightliner / Tractor Trailer
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): Y - Too fast for road conditions.
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N): Y
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On 03-15-14 at approximately 2300 hrs, Sgt. Brian Harris and Tr. Shawn Whalen responded to a report of a tractor trailer crash on Rt 1 in Westfield. Josef Vencek, age 70 of California was southbound on Rt 1 in Westfield and lost control of his 2005 Freightliner tractor trailer hauling a load of paper. Vencek’s truck and trailer jackknifed and then skidded off the opposite side of the roadway, striking a guardrail and skidding backwards off the road over the embankment into a small stream.
Vencek was not injured in the crash and his truck and trailer are considered a total loss and sustained extensive damage. The truck and trailer will be removed from the scene by Brewers Service of Mars Hill.
