SACO (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- A driver was transported to the hospital following a severe crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Toyota Prius.
Abdirahman Mohamed, 22, of Portland, was taken to Maine Medical Center with serious injuries. But the truck driver, 46-year-old Mark Pierce, of Standish, was not injured.
State police say Mohamed's car first struck a guardrail and came to rest in the roadway. That was when the car was struck by the truck.
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The impact from the crash pinned the Prius underneath the tractor-trailer, just as both vehicles came to a stop in the breakdown lane. Wreckers were used to lift the truck off the car and free the driver.
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The crash happened around 5 a.m., at the exit 36 southbound ramp.