Speed appears to be a factor in a deadly crash that killed a 69-year-old man on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday morning, state police said.

SIDNEY — One person was killed in a crash on Interstate 95 Thursday morning, first responders say. The crash was reported around 7 a.m. after a Nissan pickup truck veered into the median near Sidney, according to Sidney Fire Chief Richard Jandreau. The driver, Philip Marson, 69, of Gardiner, was dead by the time crews arrived.

GARDINER, Maine (WGME) -- A Maine man is dead after a crash on I-95 in Sidney. Maine State Police say a Nissan pickup truck driven by 69-year-old Philip Marson of Gardiner went off the road and crashed into some trees in the median on I-95 southbound around 7 a.m.

YORK (WGME) - A crash on the Maine Turnpike involving two tractor-trailer trucks is under investigation. It happened on the southbound side near Exit 7 in York just before 6 p.m. on Thursday, with one of the trucks ending up on its side and blocking two lanes of the highway.

A pair of tractor trailers collided near the Maine Turnpike's exit to York, closing two southbound lanes during the Thursday evening commute, police said. One of the vehicles, a water tanker driven by Waterboro resident Larry Roberge,