Wilton woman injured in two-vehicle crash at intersection under construction - Daily Bulldog
WILTON - An 80-year-old woman was injured Monday morning in a two-vehicle collision that involved a Maine Department of Transportation pickup truck at a road construction site in the intersection of Routes 2 and 4 and Route 156 or Depot Street. Joan Farrington of Wilton, driving a 2000 Buick LeSabre sedan, was traveling east on Route 156/Depot Street, and attempted to cross Routes 2 and 4 when an MDOT 2010 GMC pickup truck collided just behind the driver's side door of her sedan. The impact of the crash pushed the Buick west into the median's strip road sign, shearing it off. The intersection has been the scene of numerous collisions over the years and currently is undergoing a major construction project by DOT to improve it. At a selectmen meeting held in March representatives with DOT said the goal is to make the... Construction plans include creating separate, designated turning lanes using raised traffic islands for westbound traffic from Farmington to turn either left or right onto Route 156. Eastbound traffic from Jay/Dixfield would have a separate,... The idea is that the traffic islands will separate lanes of traffic, which MDOT believes will act as a traffic calming mechanism to slow traffic through the intersection. Source: www.dailybulldog.com
