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Motorcycle rider airlifted to CMMC following crash
Carroll Francis, 52, was listed in critical condition Sunday night at Central Maine Medical Center where he was transported by medical helicopter following the 6:20 p.m. crash.
Trooper Paul Casey of the Maine State Police said a crash reconstruction team worked to piece together the events that led up to the crash involving Francis' motorcycle and a car.
The crash was initially reported to the Norway Police Department and the state police were called in at 6:35 p.m. to assist with the investigation. The crash happened on Route 118 right in front of the Little Red School House, just south of the Lake Store at Norway Lake.
Casey said that a 2002 Chrysler driven by Susan Palmer, 52, of Florida was headed south on Route 118. When Palmer attempted to make a left-hand turn into a driveway across the street from the school, she turned right into the path of the oncoming northbound motorcycle ridden by Francis. Palmer did not suffer any injuries as a result of the crash.
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We'll miss you Stormy. A
We'll miss you Stormy. A good friend gone to young.
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verified Wen, You're a real charmer
Wen, You're a real charmer aren't you? If you read both of my comments you would know which one I saw. How about you take your lame funny Nicknames elsewhere and try not to put any comedians out of work. Thanks!
so dumbo "gumbo"...which
so dumbo "gumbo"...which accidnt did u see the aftermath of the one in lewiston or the one in Norway.
Why dont all of you respect
Why dont all of you respect my father and leave comments regarding his wonderful memory and leave the detective work to the police!
I totally agree with you.
I totally agree with you. The point is, he's gone off to Heaven, leaving the poor family with a loss, and just think about the great memories he left, not who was in the right/wrong, or which road goes which way.
Our prayers are with you and your family. Love, your Florida fam....Jill, Ed, Eamon and Ethan
verified Wen, You're a real charmer
Wen, You're a real charmer aren't you? If you read both of my comments you would know which one I saw. How about you take your lame funny Nicknames elsewhere and try not to put any comedians out of work. Thanks!
The writer does seem
The writer does seem confused about the directions.
If "north" means the direction toward the Greenwood Road (which most local people would think) and "south" means toward downtown Norway, Ms. Palmer could not have been turning "left" (as I assume she told police, since she was not injured) from a "south"-bound course into a driveway across from the Red School House. It is on the lake shore, to the left approaching Norway (and, by the above definitions, "north" of the Lake Store).
If she actually was traveling away from Norway and he was traveling toward it, as the article (minus the north-south confusion) suggests, it is hard to understand how he could have been at fault (assuming his sobriety) unless she signaled well before he approached and he failed to see it and realize that she was about to turn in front of him.
One or both parties also unfortunately might not have known that this stretch of Route 118 is a notorious speed trap and the 35 m.p.h. limit is strictly enforced.
andie I fail to see your
andie I fail to see your point. An inatentive driver turns into the path of a motorcyclist and you point out the directional nature of the road?
verified This is the one fo three
This is the one fo three Motorcycle Accidents I have heard about since Saturday afternoon! I saw the aftermath of one myself. PEOPLE, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO OTHER DRIVERS! I ride and I would HATE for someone to pull in front of me and say, "I didn't see him!" Every year, more and more motorcyclists are on the road. Especially with the cast of fuel rising. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, I beg of you. Look two times instead on once. Please, for sake of us Riders and our friends and Families, watch for Motorcyclists. You could save our lives by being on the lookout for us. Thank you.
verified FYI Andie Hannon (Staff
FYI Andie Hannon (Staff Writer), Route 118 ia an East/West Route
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I agree with your $60 billion
That is the size of the problem. $60 billion out of about $551 billion in expenditures about 11%.
Let's understand what Medicare Fraud and Asbuse is. Medicare Fraud and Abuse is any billinging to Medicare that covers services not delivered or a service that was delivered but was unnecessary or inappropriate (given to someone not qualified for the service.
The mismatch of qualified people to services is low, technical, and almost always caught after the fact by computers. Its the error rate of medicare and will never be zero but also may reach the point where its not worth pursuing if the costs to pursue are high.
The major medicare fraud is provider mis-billing that is separated between deliberate fraud and provider billing errors. Our Speaker of the House can speak to this since he misbilled Medicare by $1.6 million. He claims it was an error (billing for one class of product when really a different class was provided). Most of the provider errors are caught in the billing process. What remains is deliberate fraud.
For the first time and about time, the Obama administration has elevated Medicare Fraud and Abuse to a cabinet position. The HEAT team of cabinet officers was established in 2009 to specifically address and presecute deliberate fraud. Its done some good but not enough.
But Medicare Fraud and Abuse is about errors in the billing process. The $60 billion does not refer to expenditures. It refers to billing errors. In 2010 "improper payments" were about $48 billion of which an unknown amount were later found to be correct and proper.
Columbia Healthcare paid about a billion dollars in fines and penalties a few years back for deliberate fraud.
ut medicare was set up for fast and easy payments to providers not for verification. As time has gone on the system is being changed to put more and more emphasis on proper payments. So its not like little is being done. Just that much more needs to be done.
The fundamental point tho' is that patients are almost never involved in fraud.
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Correction - that is $60
Correction - that is $60 Billion per year!!!
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I agree these teachers exist.
I agree these teachers exist. I have had them and I have worked with them. I am the first person to support drastic changes to tenure policies so it is easier to replace these teachers. But you are wrong that they are the norm. They are still very much the exception, especially in Lewiston. And Carl- it is so much more complicated than simply holding students back. I would suggest you do more reading on the challenges of ESL students and a large immigrant population because it isn't a simple situation by any means.
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