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A Limerick motorist was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland by Limington Rescue following a single vehicle crash on Sokokis Trail, near Dole’s Ridge Road early Thursday morning. Deputies said the driver’s injuries appeared non life- threatening. COURTESY PHOTO/York County Sheriff’s Office

LIMINGTON —A Limerick motorist apparently lost control of his 2003 Ford Focus and struck a rock outcrop on Sokokis Trail near Dole’s Ridge Road in Limington at about 7 a.m. Thursday, said York County Sheriff William King.

The vehicle landed on its roof, King said.

King said Nicholas Sargent, 30, was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland by Limington Rescue with what appeared to be non life-threatening injuries.

While the crash took place during a torrential downpour, it is unclear if the weather conditions played a role. King said the cause of the single-vehicle crash remains under investigation.

Over the past year, at least two other accidents resulting in injuries have occurred on the Sokokis Trail.

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Back in March, the driver of a box truck escaped injury when his truck crashed on the Sokokis Trail.

The crash was reported by a passerby and responding deputies found a 2012 Freightliner Ryder rental box truck had rolled over onto its side.

The operator, Predrag Manjerovic, 24, from the state of Washington, said he crossed the center line and then over corrected,  causing him to lose control of the vehicle. Manjerovic was not injured and was able to free himself from the truck.

The driver was delivering packages for Amazon and the truck was loaded mostly with merchandise and at the time, the sheriff estimated that approximately five gallons of fuel and transmission fluid leaked on the snow-covered ground as a result of the mishap.

Last July, a 2012 black Honda Accord driven by Judith Toomey, 60, of Wells was traveling west on Sokokis Trail when it collided head-on with a 2010 white Chevrolet Tahoe on Route 5 near the intersection with Silas Brown Road.

Toomey was the sole occupant of her vehicle. Tina Ayotte, 47, of Waterboro was the operator of the Tahoe and her daughter, Emma Ayotte, 19, was a passenger.
Waterboro Fire and Rescue used extraction tools to remove both drivers and the passenger from their vehicles and the roof of the Honda had to be removed to extract Toomey, who was flown by LifeFlight to Maine Medical Center. Waterboro Rescue and Limerick Rescue took Tina Ayotte and her daughter to a Portland hospital for treatment.

Sokokis Trail was closed for about three hours while investigators worked that crash scene.

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