A North Berwick woman crashes on the Turnpike after falling asleep at the wheel
From the desk of Shannon Moss, DPS PIO
On Monday, July 19, 2021, at approximately 7:13 a.m. a car traveling southbound on the Turnpike struck the median guardrail just south of the Old Alfred Rd. overpass in Biddeford.
The 2017 Mazda SUV then crossed all three lanes of traffic before going off the roadway and into the woods. The car continued to roll over multiple times before landing on its roof.
The driver, 29-year-old Lindsey Fortin of North Berwick, was trapped inside the vehicle.
Cpl. Doug Cropper of Troop G was the first Trooper on scene and was able to break the driver’s side window, cut through the airbag curtain and extricate Fortin from the car after she was able to remove her seatbelt.
Fortin was transported to Maine Medical in Portland by Biddeford Rescue with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Biddeford Police Department also assisted at the scene.
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