Woman injured when car and truck collide head-on.Byline: George Barnes There have been several notable people named George Barnes. They include:
WINCHENDON - A Leominster woman was seriously injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. yesterday when her car collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 140 near the Gardner city line. The truck burst into flames as it ran off the road, but the driver, Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson (born 28 February, 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an New Zealand-based Australian actor and television of Springfield, Vt., said he was able to escape by jumping through the flames. Witnesses said the driver of the car, Stephanie L. Butler, 37, of Leominster appeared to have suffered multiple injuries in the accident, including fractures to the arms and legs. She was taken by Winchendon Fire Department ambulance to Heywood Hospital and later transferred by Life Flight helicopter to the UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus in Worcester. Her condition was still being evaluated last night. The accident resulted in the closing of Route 140 from Green Street in Gardner to Route 12 in Winchendon from about 11 a.m. to almost 2:30 p.m. Traffic heading through Gardner to Winchendon was rerouted through Ashburnham to Route 12. Keith Boucher of Winchendon, one of the first people on the scene of the accident, said the truck was burning out of control. He said he first tried to get to the truck, but the heat of the flames drove him back. He then went to check on the driver of the car. She was unconscious and on the ground outside her vehicle when he reached her. "She was just coming to," he said. "She was bleeding and everything was broken." Mr. Boucher said he had just arrived at Commonwealth Water Purification  It has been suggested that , , and be merged into this article or section. Co., 135 Gardner Road, which is also Route 140, when the
accident occurred.
"I heard the bang," he said. "I thought it was my father." Mr. Boucher said he raced out the driveway of the business and saw the accident scene just a short distance from the driveway. "The whole truck was on fire," he said. Debris covered the road, and the road and grass on the side of the road were burning because spilled diesel fuel had caught fire. Unable to get close to the truck because the fire was setting off explosions, he said, he was unable to help the driver. He said he learned later that the driver had escaped on his own. "Thank God, because none of us could get to him," he said. Winchendon police and members of the State Police Truck and Accident Reconstruction teams are still investigating the accident, but Fire Chief Allen J. LaFrennie said Mr. Ferguson told police he was headed north on Route 140 when the car swerved into his lane. Chief LaFrennie said the driver said he slammed on his brakes when he realized there would be a collision and tried to swerve away from it. The car hit the truck and ruptured one of its fuel tanks, which then caught fire. The fire spread to the cab of the truck, which ran off the side of the road. The car, which had been heading south, spun around and came to a stop on the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. shoulder of the road. The truck left more than 500 feet of skid marks skid marks skid npl → Reifenspuren pl; (from braking) → Bremsspuren pl . Standing near his burned out truck, Mr. Ferguson said Ms. Butler lucky to survive the crash. The truck was engulfed in flames by the time it came to a stop. He said it was his first accident with a truck. "In 20 years, it's my first," he said. "Hopefully it won't happen again." Mr. Ferguson said he is not sure what caused the car to swerve into his lane. He said he did not get a good look at the driver before the collision. Chief LaFrennie said the Ryder rental truck was burning out of control when firefighters arrived. The fire left little of the cab but scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. and melted metal. Firefighters were able to stop the blaze before it burned the truck's flatbed trailer, which was loaded with shingles shingles: see herpes zoster. shingles or herpes zoster Acute viral skin and nerve infection. Groups of small blisters appear along certain nerve segments, most often on the back, sometimes after a dull ache at the site; pain becomes . The fire chief said the fire burned off all but a little of what was in the ruptured saddle tank
The investigating officers at the accident scene were Winchendon Police Officers James Spofford and John Perreault. ART: PHOTOS CUTLINE: (1) Debris is strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. across Route 140 after a car and tractor-trailer collided. The road was closed for more than three hours. (2) The front end of the car was crushed. (3) The cab of the tractor-trailer was burned almost beyond recognition. PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : (1, 3) GEORGE BARNES (2) ALLEN J. LaFRENNIE |
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