Injured Maine state trooper released from hospital

A Maine State Police trooper injured last week when his cruiser was hit by a tractor-trailer is no longer in the hospital. Lt. Aaron Hayden, of the Maine State Police, said Tuesday that Trooper Greg Stevens has been released from Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he was being treated for multiple broken bones suffered during Thursday’s crash in the northbound lane of Interstate 295 in Richmond.

Hayden said Stevens has “a long road” of recovery ahead of him. Hayden has said there is no timetable for Stevens’ return to work. Stevens was rushed to the hospitalThursday after a tractor-trailer hit his cruiser from behind as it was in the breakdown lane with its blue lights flashing.

The truck driver, Gusan Yedic, 56, of Yorktown Heights, New York, was issued a summons charging him with failing to move over for an emergency vehicle. Yedic was not injured in the crash.