This photo of the bottom of my wife's Jeep Cherokee should serve as a gentle reminder to be extra vigilant and aware of your surroundings when driving on Maine roads this summer.
To be fair, you can mow down animals at any time of the year here in the Pine Tree State, but summertime always seems to be when there are more animals than ever in the roadway...
I commute to work very early in the morning before even the sun has thought about peeping it's head up from behind the horizon. This also means that I leave for work before a lot of traffic has made it's way onto the local roadways for the hustle and bustle of the morning commute...
Maine winters aren't just bad for the overall cleanliness of you car, Maine winters are bad for the overall mechanics of your car, too. Most people, myself included, get discouraged about washing my truck in the wintertime in Maine because I convince myself that 'what's the point' if I'm going to pull out of the carwash and have a dirty vehicle again in ten short minutes...
the incident happened in Baldwin on Route 113. Fortunately, the bus was en route to pick up children and did not have any kids on board at the time of impact.
Not even old enough to have a 'regular' driver's license, 15-year-old Garrison Leeman, a freshman at Erskine Academy, has a special license that allows him to drive for work and to and from school.
It's pretty safe to say that he's youngest contracted plow truck driver in the state of Maine...