Crashes slow Interstate-295 northbound traffic

Portland police are advising commuters to avoid Interstate 295 between Tukey's Bridge in Portland and Falmouth because of a series of crashes in the area. A tractor-trailer went off the road in the area of mile marker 13 in the Cumberland area, with crashes occurring behind it from mile marker 8 and 13, a state police dispatcher in Gray said. One person suffered an injured knee. Traffic is ...