WOOLWICH, Maine (AP) Police say a tractor-trailer driver fell asleep at the wheel and drove off an embankment into water near Route One in Maine.
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened in Woolwich before 6 a.m. Thursday. A deputy says 60-year-old driver Steven Brown, of Providence, Rhode Island, appears to have fallen asleep and gone off the road.
Police say Brown was trapped until he could be rescued by a boat. He was taken to a hospital for undisclosed injuries.
WCSH-TV reports Brown was transporting medical supplies in the tractor-trailer.
Police say they’re still investigating the crash.
