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BREAKING NEWS 2/20/13 11:05AM--THREE VEHICLE PILE-UP ON CANTON WEST MAIN STREET BRIDGE |
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POTSDAM TEEN WAS HURT IN A THREE-VEHICLE, NOON-HOUR COLLISION WEDNESDAY ON THE WEST MAIN STREET, CANTON BRIDGE. CANTON POLICE SAY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 18-YEAR-OLD KRISTEN MARONEY OF REGAN ROAD WAS PASSING A TRACTOR-TRAILER STOPPED WAITING TO TURN ONTO ROUTE 11, DRIVEN BY 45-YEAR-OLD BRIAN NICHOLS OF BALDWINSVILLE AS MARONEY WAS HEADING TOWARD SUNY CANTON. 60-YEAR-OLD CHARLES BARNARD OF ROCKLAND, MAINE; THE DRIVER OF A SECOND TRACTOR-TRAILER, ALSO TRIED TO PASS NICHOLS AND REPORTEDLY FAILED TO SEE THE MARONEY VEHICLE. THE MARONEY VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AND SPUN 180 DEGREES, AND BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE TWO RIGS, WITH ONE CORNER OF THE NICHOLS RIG EMBEDDED ABOUT A FOOT INSIDE THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OF MARONEY'S VEHICLE. MARONEY SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS TO ONE OF HER HANDS FROM BROKEN GLASS; SHE WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE BY CANTON RESCUE. BARNARD WAS TICKETED FOR UNSAFE LANE CHANGE.
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