DATE: Wednesday, April 02, 2014
STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
MAINE STATE POLICE
PRESS RELEASE
PREPARED BY: Sgt. Joshua Haines
CONTACT #: 207-532-5400
TROOPER: Tr. Timmy Saucier
TROOP: F
INCIDENT DETAILS
DATE/TIME: 04-02-2014 / 0030 HRS
LOCATION: I-95 MM 281 – Dyer Brook, ME.
NATURE: Property Damage TT Crash
OPERATOR 1: Lamar Meriweather
AGE: 27
TOWN/STATE OF RESIDENCE: St. Louis/ MO
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 1997 / Western Star / TT
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): N
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N):Y
PASSENGER 1: Michael Taylor
AGE: 26
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N): N
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On Wednesday April 2, 2014 at approximately 1230 AM, 27 year old Lamar Meriwether of St. Louis, Missouri was operating a 1997 Western Star tractor trailer owned by Big Rock Transportation LLC of East Peru Indiana. The tractor trailer unit was traveling North on the Interstate when it veered off the roadway around mile 281 in Dyer Brook and came to rest in the snowbank. 26 year old Michael Taylor was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the crash and was asleep in the sleeper portion of the cab. Meriwether was wearing his seat belt and neither occupant was injured.
The tractor trailer unit was damaged, but was able to be driven from the scene after it was towed out of the ditch later this morning. The interstate was shut down for a short time during that period. Tr. Tim Saucier investigated the crash.
INCIDENT PHOTO (Y/N): Y
