Local roads over the last few days of July have been crowded (relatively, for Maine at any rate), with fender-benders, vehicles in ditches and a tractor trailer in a field. Tow truck drivers and firefighters have likewise been busy, as well as local law enforcement.

That long delay some drivers experienced on upper Mechanic Street in Camden July 31 was the result of a large 18-wheeler truck being hauled out of the field at Rokes Farm.

The incident occurred as a tractor trailer carrying furniture and a small Toyota SUV arrived in Camden, the belongings of a couple just moving into a new house across the street from the farm.

The truck, registered in Virginia to the moving company Quality Midwestern Holding, Inc., traveled down the road from Route 1, and when the driver arrived at the house, he turned left into the field, hoping to reverse and then back up into the driveway. However, he got stuck in the dirt, almost to the top of his front tires as he ground further in to the wet soil.

Camden Exxon arrived, but the tractor trailer proved too heavy for Steve Laite’s tow truck, so Larry Oakes, owner of Automaster, of Spruce Head, was called in to help with his heavy cables.

The Subaru was unloaded from the truck to lighten the load, and the tractor-trailer was pulled back onto Mechanic Street. The road remained blocked for approximately 90 minutes.

The truck was then directed by local police to the town’s Public Works yard, where the truck was inspected. It was to be unloaded there.

 In the early evening, July 31, a two-vehicle crash on Route 1 in Rockport occurred just in front of Maine Sport.

According to officials, a car with out-of-state plates heading north on Route 1 toward Camden had slowed down to turn left into the Maine Sport driveway. Behind it, a car operated by a Lincolnville woman rear-ended the first car.

Apparently, the woman in the second car turned her head briefly to talk to her grandson in the passenger seat just as the car in front of her slowed to turn. The impact caused the air bags to deploy in the Toyota. That car was towed by Camden Exxon to Camden with a broken windshield and front-end damage.

North East Mobile Health Services responded; there were no transports to the hospital.

Also, on July 31, in downtown Camden, a woman was stuck by a Hummer as she was crossing the intersection on Washington Street. Read more: Baltimore woman hit by Hummer on downtown Camden street.

In Lincolnville, July 30, two crashes occurred almost simultaneously, keeping Waldo County sheriff deputies and firefighters busy directing traffic on Route 1 and Route 52. North East Mobile Health Services were busy sending ambulances through a congested downtown Camden and out two highways.

At 12:04 p.m., Knox County Regional Communications Center in Rockland called Lincolnville Fire Department to an area on Route 1 just north of the Ducktrap Bridge near the Cobbtown Road.

There, Scott McCormick, of Plainville, Mass., was driving a 2012 Volvo S60 heading north on the highway. His car collided with a four-door Mazda, which was backing out of a driveway on the right side of the same road. That Mazda, operated by Jonathan Chapman, of Cape Elizabeth, hit the Volvo on the passenger side of the car.

There were no injuries, although the passenger in the Volvo reported pain to her hand.

The other crash, on Route 52, was called into Knox County dispatch at 12:11 p.m. when a small sedan heading south on Route 52 went into a ditch across the street from the Lincolnville grange.

According to the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office, a woman was driving south on 52 with her pregnant daughter in the passenger seat. As they came close to the grange, several bicyclists were pedaling north on the opposite side of the road. A car behind them was attempting the pass the bicyclists.

The woman in the sedan slowed down to let them all go by. That’s when a car behind her failed to slow, and rear-ended the sedan, pushing it into the ditch.

The pregnant woman was not injured; however, she was advised to go to Waldo County General Hospital for evaluation and to monitor the baby.

That same afternoon, the driver of a motorcycle in Searsmont drove off of Route 173 and landed in a ditch. He was injured and bleeding profusely but was able to call 911. Waldo County deputies found him after locating his cell phone signal. According to deputies, he was well off the road and out of view from other drivers. Read more: Waldo County deputies search, find injured motorcyclist in Searsmont ditch.

And today, Aug. 1, just before noon, Rockport Fire Department was called to Penobscot Bay Medical Center for the report of a large equipment fire. There, workmen are building a new hospice center.

The fire, however, insignificant and was occurred during the ignition of a paving machine.

Rockport fire department responded with one engine and by the time it arrived, the paving men were already back at work with their machinery.

Reach Editorial Director Lynda Clancy at lyndaclancy@penbaypilot.com; 207-706-6657.