FARMINGTON – A Farmington woman received minor injuries in a two-vehicle collision on Main Street on Saturday morning.
Farmington Police Officer Justin Blais said a 2010 Nissan Rogue sedan was traveling north on Main Street when a 2002 Chevrolet pick-up truck pulled out from South Street onto Main Street and the vehicles collided.
Mariah Hebert, 21, of Farmington was driving the pick-up truck and Christopher Lee, 26, of Saco, was driving the Nissan with Laura Beth Lee, 28, also of Saco, as a passenger.
Emergency crews were called to the scene at 10:33 Saturday morning.
Hebert said she had difficulty seeing northbound traffic coming up the hill due to a snowbank at the corner of South and Main Street. She inched her way out and realized she was too far out into the intersection so she attempted to accelerate to get out of the way, Blais said.
Hebert complained of hip pain and was evaluated by a NorthStar ambulance personnel at the scene but was not transported to the hospital.
Farmington Fire Rescue fire fighters assisted with traffic control. Farmington Towing removed the Nissan sedan which received front end damage. The pick-up was damaged on the driver’s side but was drivable.
Blais said he’d check with the Highway Department to see if the snowbank at the corner can be removed.
This almost happened to me by Mt. Blue Shopping Center yesterday. The nose of the car coming out into traffic was way to far out (because of the high snow banks), a very large tractor trailer was coming along side of me (so I couldn’t swerve by much). It was very scary and could’ve been a horrible accident.
This is why we have to be super vigilant about what’s happening around us at all times.
Safe Travels!
it would be great if the town had some sort of request system to spend a day going around with the bucket loader cutting some of these banks back. it is dangerous with these high banks at the intersections/driveway entrances.
Another great safety concern is people when you are out after dark walking,please WEAR FLORESCENT CLOTHING!!!. Too many times I have seen this, it is scary to think you could have hit someone.
This is a dangerous intersection all year. It is very difficult to see the traffic coming up Abbott Hill traveling north. The simple solution would be to make South Street a one-way street from Main to High. It would also be safer for the very heavy pedestrian traffic crossing South Street.
Yankee—YES!!! And Academy Street one way in the other direction!
Most vehicles these days are equipped with reverse as well as an accelerator. I believe brakes are also standard equipment.
It is very difficult to turn left off South Street onto Main Street due to the traffic. I often give up and turn right and then take that left past the UMF dormitory. I know that was not the problem in this case. The person just could not see due to snowbanks.
The “simple solution” proposed by Yankee would have an unintended consequence: Drivers coming from High Street and wanting to park in front of Mantor Library would have to circle around through Academy Street and then make two left turns, one from Academy onto Main Street and the other from Main onto South Street, crossing the same hard-to-see traffic coming up Abbott Hill. And any crashes in this direction would be head-on, not rear-end. Certainly the corner of South and Main is dangerous, but there may not be a “simple solution.”
Kevin in Wilton has the right idea! Get those highway crews out with a bucket loader and dump truck and knock those banks back! This IS Maine, and we will be getting more snow..now is the time to do something..in ALL towns, not just Farmington..i see it everywhere I go..
Thinking the same thing,Suzie.
I miss Mitch! He and the road team had everthing cleared up very soon after storms, including sidewalks. He used creative ways to efficiently remove this snow in a cost-effective manner during the evenings after the storms. Perhaps when can learn from past practices? I know the town team works hard, let’s help them work smarter. There’s road crew staff that know this, use the institutional knowledge for the benefit and safety of the people.
My solution is any season I avoid that intersection.
You people are always blaming the town for not doing enough, complaining about your tax bills or micromanaging your town at town meeting. How about asking the driver “if you couldn’t see, why in the hell did you pull out into traffic?” Take some personal responsibility!
Okay….here’s a complete solution to all the traffic problems on Main Street. SHUT DOWN MAIN AND SOUTH to ALL Traffic. Give it to UMF. Traffic could then go up and down Front. But the payment for the exchange would be to make all UMF property taxable. That’s a $1MIL a year. UMF has wanted South for years. So let’s give ’em Main too.
nate h gets my vote for the smartest solution. I would have posted it myself but my comments get censored so often that I give up trying to preach common sense.
I love it when Wilton folk have so much to say about Farmington, try to spend our tax money, and never look around at home. The Farmington road crew is doing fine. There’s no snow in Florida, according to an Internet article this morning, so why don’t you just go there and leave Farmington alone…
I agree, Tom. Farmington has a great road crew. Don’t pull out unless you are sure there is no one coming or you are literally taking a leap of faith with more than your own life.
Mr Krandall, how involved are you with town? There is a new Director that has been appointed this past year, and he is probably one of the most efficient problem solvers the town has ever seen. Word has it with his road building strategies he created a massive surplus this year and did triple the amount of work as any director in the past, in his first year! He has a small crew that will work 40 hrs in two days to keep up with whatever it takes, that’s a full work week for most. There is no strategy when it comes to storms, simply requires more man power and equipment. If you want to see bare tar for 12 months I recommend Florida. Let’s not blame our local municipality they are doing great.