JAY – A Jay man killed in a truck crash early Saturday in Coplin Plantation was remembered Monday as someone who loved people and who was passionate about what he did, no matter what it was.

Bryan Allen, 24, a carpenter, was on his way to go hunting Saturday morning with friends but lost control of the extended cab pickup truck he was driving on a curve on Route 16, and over corrected. The truck left the road and overturned several times, Maine State Police Lt. Dale Lancaster said Monday.

Allen wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. He died at the scene.

Three other passengers, including the truck owner, Aaron Adams, escaped with minor injuries, police said.

Some of the occupants of the truck were wearing seat belts, others weren’t, Lancaster said.

Speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, Lancaster said.

Emergency medical technicians and a state trooper smelled alcohol on Allen, Lancaster said, but to what degree is unknown until blood test results come back.

State Trooper Matt Casavant discovered the crash when he began looking for the truck, which he had spotted speeding earlier, Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said in a news release Monday.

Casavant had clocked the truck at 79 mph in a 50 mph zone and turned his cruiser around to give pursuit, McCausland said.

Allen had a suspended driver’s license for a prior operating under the influence charge, police said.

Allen’s mother, Sue Weston, who is Jay’s school transportation director, said her son was driving a friend’s club cab truck at the time of the crash. They were going to to camp to go hunting.

Jay schools will be release early Wednesday so that staff and students can attend the funeral.

Her son did what he wanted to do, Weston said.

“It was his way and everybody let him,” Weston said. “His friends are helping us get through it.”

Her son had found his true love – Karen Donovan – and they were to sign papers for a house they were buying in Chesterville in a couple of days.

He was Weston’s second child to die tragically.

Weston’s daughter, Marissa Sue Morse was 3 years old when she died in a fire at the family home on Davenport Hill Road in Jay.

Bryan was 8 at the time, his mother said.

“He always talked about her all the time and said ‘he’ll be with her after he’s gone,'” Weston said.

Marissa Sue’s birthday was Sunday.

“He never got over the tragic loss of his sister,” she said.

Her son loved people, she said.

“It was a deep love,” she said. “He was very, very affectionate.”

He liked to keep everybody else happy. He hated to see anybody sad or unhappy, Weston said.

Her son’s girlfriend and his dog, Max, a chocolate lab, are staying with Weston in Jay, she said.

Bryan had worked for his second cousin, Dana Allen of Livermore Falls, the owner of Allen Builders, for 4 years.

“He was always on time. He was a great worker,” Dana Allen said. “He was passionate about what he did. It didn’t matter if it was hunting, fishing or working.”

Allen, his voice breaking at times, said “It’s like losing a kid.”

“Bryan was loved a lot by friends and family,” he said. “Some people are lucky to have one best friend. He had several and he’ll be missed by everyone who knew him.”

As a worker, Allen said, he’ll never be able to replace him.

“He was wise beyond his years,” Allen said. “He knew what I was thinking about a lot of the time before I told him. He would say ‘Big D, I’m all over it.”

Then he added: “Bryan would want me to say to everybody: ‘Remember me, but move on.'”