Maine State Police Looking For Pickup That Hit Construction Worker

According to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety's Shannon Moss, the Maine State Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a construction worker on I-95 in Pittsfield in Pittsfield last Wednesday morning.

The press release explains that the crash happened around 8:15 AM on Wednesday, October 14th in the northbound construction zone near mile marker 150.

Investigators say a light-colored pickup truck towing a black dump trailer struck a concrete Jersey barrier.  The impact caused a construction barrel to hit a worker in the construction zone.  The driver continued northbound without stopping.

The injured worker, 56-year-old Richard Smart of Westfield, was taken to Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He has since been released from the hospital.

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State police have released a photograph of the pickup truck believed to be involved in the crash and are asking anyone who recognizes the vehicle or has information about the driver to come forward.

*NOTE - All suspects are considered innocent until being found guilty in a court of law

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bangor Regional Communications Center at 207-973-3700, extension 9, and ask for Trooper Klayton Peckham.