CANTON – A 34-year-old Farmington woman was killed when her car collided with another vehicle at Routes 108 and 140 shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Police said Ginger Harris died at the scene, which is notorious for bad accidents.

Maine State Trooper Tyler Stephenson said Harris had stopped at the intersection and then pulled into traffic when her car was struck on the driver’s side by a car driven by Ashley Pelletier, 21, of Fayette, according to a statement by Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland.

Pelletier was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with broken bones, police said. A nursing supervisor at the hospital said Pelletier was treated and released later in the day.

Harris’ mother and sister, who were passengers in the car with her, were also taken to CMMC where they were treated and released, according to McCausland.

Witnesses at the scene also said Harris’ husband was traveling in a separate vehicle ahead of her. He was by her side when she died.

The force of the collision pushed Harris’ car into a third vehicle driven by Yvonne Elliot, 79, of Rumford. Elliot was not hurt, according to police.

Stephenson said the crash closed the intersection for six hours as a team of troopers investigated. An accident reconstruction team will attempt to determine the speed of Pelletier’s car, McCausland said.

The intersection is controlled by a set of flashing red and yellow lights that were installed after a 2002 crash killed 23-year-old David Martin of Auburn. Cars traveling either east or west on Route 140 are required to stop at the intersection while northbound and southbound traffic on Route 108 are warned to slow by a flashing yellow light.

Over the years, local residents, including Canton Fire Chief Wayne Dube, have pushed for safety improvements including the installation of the lights in 2004. Attempts to reach Dube for comment Wednesday were unsuccessful.

In 2002, residents complained to officials during a public meeting that motorists were not heeding speed limits or paying attention to the stop signs on Route 140 leading into the intersection.