Eagle Lake Road, the main road that connects Bar Harbor with other parts of Mount Desert Island, was shut down early Tuesday afternoon when a box truck rolled onto its side near Acadia National Park headquarters.
“It will probably be shut down for another hour,” said Lt. Kevin Edgecomb of the Bar Harbor Police Department at around 1:30 p.m. “It’s a mess.”
Police were still on scene early in the afternoon and directing traffic along alternate routes, according to Edgecomb. He said he had not heard back from responding officers about what caused the crash.
The truck was carrying meat and seafood when it went out of control on the road, also known as Route 233, and rolled onto its side. The road was shut down while local officers waited for Maine State Police, which conducts inspection of commercial vehicles, and for a wrecker large enough to lift the truck back on its wheels, Edgecomb said.
No one was hurt in the crash, he said.
Traffic in and out of downtown Bar Harbor was being re-routed onto Norway Drive and Crooked Road, Edgecomb said — a detour of roughly eight miles.
