CARIBOU, Maine — Several tree-length logs fell off a Fort Kent trucking company trailer as the driver was hauling them south on Route 161 early Friday morning.
Caribou PD received a call from the Maine State Police in Houlton at 7:20 a.m. According to state police, their troopers were actively removing logs from the roadway. No traffic accidents were reported as a result of the debris.
Officer Douglas Bell stopped the Northern Timber Trucking tractor-trailer truck just south of the Van Buren Road intersection, and found that several logs were close to falling off the trailer. According to a release from Caribou PD, more logs would have eventually fallen off had Bell not stopped Samuel Warren, 19, of Phillips, from driving any farther.
Warren was summonsed for having an unsecure load and having a log load without a reflector. Caribou PD reported that the truck was taken out of service until the load was secured. Northern Timber also sent out a crane to pick up the 10 dropped logs and re-adjust the load, so Warren could continue driving.
