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DOT Worker Hit by SUV, Injured on I-295 in Gardiner

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A 57-year-old Maine Department of Transportation worker has injuries after being hit by a n SUV on I-295 in Gardiner.

The Department of Public Safety says a DOT truck displaying activated amber warning lights was in the breakdown lane at about 1:45pm Wednesday.

The DOT worker, a Lewiston man, got out of the truck to remove debris near the right hand fog lane when he was hit by a SUV driven by a 39-year-old Gardiner woman.

The DOT worker was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta with non-life-threatening injuries.

State Police circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

Two other DOT workers were inside the DOT truck at the time if the incident.

In January, two DOT workers were killed and one was injured in a crash while working on an I-95 bridge near Oakland.

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