Hebron, ME — January 9, 2026, three people were injured following a tanker truck accident at around 3:15 p.m. along Route 119/Paris Road.

Investigators said in preliminary statements that the accident involved a Maine Energy Systems tanker truck and an SUV.

Initial details say that a 40-year-old woman was in an SUV going southbound along Route 119. The tanker truck was going northbound. In events unclear, the vehicles collided head-on. Following this, a third vehicle then hit the SUV.

Due to the crash, the woman was taken to a hospital with reportedly serious injuries. The tanker truck driver also had serious injuries, authorities said. A person from the third vehicle had non-critical injuries.

No other injuries were confirmed. At this time, additional details about the accident remain under investigation.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

The photos I've seen of this crash show a rather chaotic scene, and hopefully authorities were equipped not just to contain and clear the scene but also proper investigate it. I can't begin to count how many times families have come to me with unanswered questions because they waited for police to figure out what happened only to find out they had moved on weeks ago. Accident reconstruction just isn't that high of a priority for some police departments.

That's why there often needs to be independent investigators stepping in to actually preserve evidence and put the pieces together. In my experience, families who have professional accident reconstructionists working to tell the story fare better in the resolutions they can work toward. Given the serious nature of this particular crash, I doubt it would somehow be the exception to that.