Two people were taken by LifeFlight helicopter to hospitals early Tuesday morning after a commercial box truck struck a man trying to crossing U.S. Route 201 in Skowhegan on foot, police said. Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam said the 5:45 a.m. crash occurred when the pedestrian, a man who lives on Route 201, also known as Waterville Road, was walking back to his home after getting a Morning Sentinel newspaper out of his mail box. The commercial box truck, a Freightliner, was traveling west on Waterville Road and its driver tried to avoid striking the pedestrian, according to a press release from Bucknam. “The truck swerved but was unable to avoid the pedestrian, striking him on the passenger side of the vehicle,” it says. When the truck swerved, it struck a second vehicle, a Chevrolet Aveo sedan traveling east on Waterville Road, according to Bucknam. “Due to the nature of the injuries, LifeFlight was called for the pedestrian and the driver of the sedan.

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