BRUNSWICK – A trucker who said he was looking at the moon ran off I-295 early today after a gust of wind hit his tractor-trailer.
Police said Fredrick Durkee of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, went off the road about 1:20 a.m. at exit 28 southbound in Brunswick. He was hauling 20,000 pounds of fish from Nova Scotia.
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A tow truck pulls a truck from a snowbank at exit 28 southbound in Brunswick on I-295 today. The trucker said he was distracted by the moon Saturday night and went off the highway.
Both southbound lanes of the highway were closed until a tow truck pulled the tractor-trailer out of the snow alongside the road shortly before 8 a.m. Traffic was diverted off exit 28 before the truck was removed.
Police said there were no injuries and minimal damage to the truck.
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