Lebanon Fire and EMS responded to the crash site at 1003 Center Road at 8:28 p.m. Friday and found the driver, Michael Meattey, 55, of Barrington, New Hampshire, dead upon arrival; passenger Ronald Jones, 62, also of New Hampshire, was extricated by the crew and taken to Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New Hampshire, where he was treated and released.
According to Maine State Police Public Information Officer Steve McCausland, Meattey was ejected from the Ford pickup and pinned underneath the truck. Passersby freed the man but he died soon after at the scene. Jones sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Neither wore seatbelts, McCausland said.
Both men had allegedly attended a marijuana festival in Lebanon prior to leaving in the pickup truck.
Center Road was reduced to one lane after the accident while crews and Maine State Police worked to clear then reconstruct the accident.
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