WOODSTOCK, Maine — Emergency personnel and law enforcement responded to the scene of a two-vehicle crash at the top of Merrifield Hill on South Main Street (Route 26) in Woodstock on Wednesday.
The crash involved a sedan and a tractor-trailer unit, a news release from the Oxford County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Deputies from the sheriff's office, fire departments from Woodstock, Paris, Bethel, and PACE Ambulance responded to the crash site, the release said.
The driver of the 2023 Western Star tractor-trailer, 57-year-old John Knight of Saugus, Massachusetts, was traveling southbound on Route 26, the release stated. Jamie Hall, 45, of South Paris was driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta northbound when she crossed over the center line and struck Knight head-on.
Hall sustained "serious injuries" in the crash and was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland, according to the release.
Oncoming traffic was directed away from the scene while investigators reconstructed the crash, the release said.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, deputies said.
The Maine State Police Crash Unit and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement assisted deputies at the scene, according to the release.
As of 1:51 p.m. Wednesday, investigators were still at the scene of the crash.
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