PLYMOUTH – A Waterville man was recovering Friday evening after the one-ton truck he was driving on Interstate 95 left the highway, somersaulted and came to rest on its roof.

Adam Pollard, 24, was flown to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where he underwent surgery, Maine State Police Trooper Forrest Simpson said.

Pollard was in stable condition Friday evening, Simpson said.

The trooper said Pollard was bleeding profusely when emergency medical personnel arrived. His injuries appeared extensive and included serious injury to one of his arms.

According to Pollard, the accident occurred about 2:25 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-95, just south of mile marker 161.

Pollard, was heading north in a 1993 GMC truck owned by his employer, Lane Supply of Brewer, when the vehicle left the highway and took out a roughly 20-foot section of guardrail, before rolling over and coming to a rest on its roof.

“If you’d seen the vehicle, you’d be amazed he made it,” Simpson said, crediting the use of safety belts for saving Pollard’s life.

Simpson said the truck was “barely recognizable. The whole nose was crushed in and the cab portion was flattened even with the dashboard.”

When rescuers arrived, Pollard was found suspended upside down, hanging by his seatbelt. Though extrication equipment was brought to the scene, rescuers were able to remove Pollard from the wreckage without it.

Removing the wreckage from the median proved tricky, Simpson said. The northbound lanes had to be closed three times between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m., at least 15 minutes on each occasion. The combination of road closures and busy weekend traffic caused traffic to back up as much as four miles.

“At this point, I believe he probably fell asleep,” Simpson said. Simpson said Pollard’s recollection of the accident was spotty and that he was still waiting to interview a witness in an attempt to determine how the accident occurred. No charges are pending.