A driver fell asleep Friday morning before crashing into a Maine Turnpike Authority truck in Cumberland.
Eric Sullivan, 26, of Lewiston was driving a white 2023 Toyota Corolla south on Interstate 95, near mile marker 57, about 9:07 a.m. when he apparently fell asleep and rear-ended a green 2020 GMC pickup truck in the breakdown lane, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The GMC, which is owned by the Maine Turnpike Authority, was parked in the breakdown lane with its green and amber warning lights activated. Its driver, 61-year-old Robert Brown of Poland, had just finished cleaning up roadside debris and gotten back in the truck before the crash, Moss said Friday afternoon.
The crash sent the pickup truck into the ditch, while the sedan came to a rest in the right lane, blocking traffic.
Brown was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he was treated for minor injuries. Sullivan wasn’t injured.
Sullivan was cited for driving to endanger and other unspecified motor vehicle violations.
The crash remains under investigation.
