FRYEBURG — A tractor-trailer transporting seed potatoes went off Route 302 and overturned early Monday morning.

Fryeburg Police, Fryeburg Fire and Fryeburg Rescue at 5:30 a.m. responded to the 800 block of Bridgton Road (Route 302) for a reported tractor-trailer crash.      

Joshua Hafford, 24, of St. Francis was operating a 1998 Peterbilt westbound on Route 302 loaded with seed potatoes.  The truck crossed into the oncoming lane, left the roadway striking guardrails, trees and a utility pole, affecting Internet/cable/phone lines. The truck came to rest 75 feet from the roadway on the bank of a body of water known as Dead Lake Stream.      

Hafford and his 20-year-old female passenger were uninjured during the crash.  

State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, as well as Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Maine Department of Transportation were on scene to assist.      

Bridgton Road was closed or reduced to one lane for several hours while emergency crews tended to the scene.