A tractor-trailer was destroyed when it caught fire while being transported by a tow truck on the Maine Turnpike early Monday morning. State police said they responded to the Maine Turnpike northbound in Auburn around 3:45 a.

Maine State Police said troopers responded to the crash around 11:30 a.m. on Monday in Lewiston. The initial investigation indicates that the doors of the cattle trailer, which was attached to a pickup truck, were not properly secured, causing them to unlatch on the highway.

State police responded to an unusual accident Tuesday on the Maine Turnpike after several cows fell from a trailer being hauled behind a pickup truck.