WOOLWICH

Traffic was snarled along Route 1 in Woolwich Wednesday morning after a dump truck hauling a piece of heavy equipment on a flatbed took down traffic lights at the Nequasset Road intersection, which created a road trap for two other vehicles.

The incident was reported at 8:19 a.m., according to Chief Deputy Brett Strout of the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department.

A red three-axle truck belonging to Midcoast Excavation Inc., in Bowdoinham and driven by 22-year-old David Kelley of Bath, was pulling a yellow utility trailer hauling a piece of equipment north along Route 1. Strout said at the intersection of Route 1 and Nequasset Road it then “took down the traffic lights that hang over Route 1 because of its height.”

A 2010 Toyota Corolla driven by Neal Wood Jr., 44, of Belmont, then got tangled up in the cable, Stout said, and a 2007 Nissan Sentra driven by Maura McDonough, 45, of Brunswick then struck the lights in the roadway. No injuries were reported. Both vehicles were also headed north.

Strout said the truck, trailer and equipment combo was reported to have done some additional damage in Wiscasset before it was stopped, which Strout said seems to indicate the driver had no idea the lights had been struck and that because the truck was pulling so much weight, he may not have felt the contact.

No charges had been filed Wednesday afternoon but the incident remains under investigation and is being handled by Deputy Steve Thibeault.