Augusta, ME: Both lanes open again after tractor-trailer crash on I-95 northbound in Augusta on Wednesday, July 29th 2015

The driver of a tractor-trailer that went off Interstate 95 early Wednesday morning and lost most of a load of 90,000 pounds of lumber, some of which went through his truck’s cab inches from his head, escaped uninjured.One northbound lane of Interstate 95 near mile 115 in Augusta near the Sidney town line was closed Wednesday morning as a large crew worked to clean up the lumber and remove the crashed truck, which police said was a total loss.The closed lane reopened to traffic just after noon.The driver, John Rancourt, 32, of Jay, was evaluated by Augusta paramedics but was uninjured, much to the surprise of public safety officials.“He was, somehow, not injured at all,” Maine State Police Trooper Joseph Chretien said. “He walked away without a scratch. It’s amazing he didn’t get hurt.”Photographs provided by the Augusta Fire Department show some large pieces of lumber from the load sticking into and through the truck cab, right behind the driver’s seat.The truck and the surrounding area were covered in finished lumber. The rig’s engine area was mangled.

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Both lanes open again after tractor-trailer crash on I-95 northbound in Augusta