PARIS — The investigation into an accident that killed a 60-year-old Naples man on Route 26 in West Paris last November is continuing, Lisa Mack of the Oxford County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Richard Ray was driving a 1998 Chevrolet pickup truck south behind a 2008 Acura sedan driven by Tricia Beretz, 36, of Somerville, Mass., shortly after 5 p.m. Nov. 23 when state police say Beretz’s car crossed the centerline and struck a northbound trailer truck driven by Warren Dunning, 41, of Dixfield. The collision caused Dunning’s rig to hit Ray’s truck, killing Ray instantly and then overturning onto his pickup and setting it on fire, Trooper Ron Turnick said.

Neither Beretz nor Dunning were injured in the crash.

Beretz told investigators she was heading home after a day of skiing at Sunday River resort in Newry and as she passed the Route 219 intersection she felt “extremely tired.” She said she wanted to pull over and get some coffee at the next gas station, but did not explain why she hadn’t stopped at two convenience stores a couple of miles before the accident, according to Turnick.

Drug and alcohol tests were conducted on all three drivers, but results of those tests are not being released at this time.

Turnick said Thursday that he could not release test results “without the report officially being closed. My end of the report has been done and submitted. I don’t know where it is in the system and if everybody else’s reports are done and completed at this point.”

Turnick said he had no charges pending in the case.

ldixon@sunjournal.com


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