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A New Jersey woman suffered minor injuries Monday after her car collided with a loaded logging tractor-trailer truck on Route 201 in Fairfield.

The crash occurred at 11:47 a.m., Fairfield Police Chief Tom Gould said in an email Tuesday. Elizabeth Rude-Bograd, 20, of Oakland, New Jersey, was traveling north on Route 201, which is also called Skowhegan Road, and pulled her 2007 Toyota Highlander over to the right side of the road.

A 2007 Toyota Highlander driven by Elizabeth Rude-Bograd, 20, of Oakland, New Jersey, was destroyed Monday after it collided with a tractor-trailer, police said. Photo courtesy of Fairfield Police Chief Tom Gould

When Rude-Bograd attempted to make a U-turn, she ended up in the path of a 2005 Western Star tractor-trailer operated by Dylan Chadwick, 36, of Enfield, who also was traveling north, according to Gould.

Rude-Bograd’s vehicle was destroyed in the crash, while the tractor-trailer, which was owned by AW Madden of Milford received front-end damage.

Chadwick was not injured, while Rude-Bograd was taken by Delta Ambulance to the Thayer Center for Health in Waterville with minor injuries, Gould said.

Molly Shelly covers the Fairfield beat for the Morning Sentinel. Molly recently earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University where she worked as a reporter/photographer for the campus...