A tractor trailer driver from Durham was killed in a rollover crash on I-295 in Freeport late Thursday night.

A truck driver was killed on Thursday night after a van swerved to avoid hitting a deer and struck his tractor trailer.

It happened on August 31st in Freeport, Maine at approximately 11:50 p.m.

According to the Maine Sun Journal, Dana Thibeault was driving his big rig south on Interstate 295 when a nearby van, driven by Mark Flemming, swerved to avoid a deer in the road near mile marker 22. The van then crashed into the tractor trailer, causing both vehicles to flip and land on the side of the road.

Flemming and his passenger were transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.

Thibeult was killed in the accident.

The highway was shut down for several hours.

No charges have been filed in the accident.