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MARS HILL, Maine (AP) — One person is dead and another is facing charges following a fatal head-on collision in the northern Maine town of Mars Hill.

Maine State Police say a pickup truck and a station wagon crashed into each other on Route 1 at 6:20 p.m. Saturday.

Officials say a passenger in the station wagon, 51-year-old Nathan York of Medway, died at the scene. The other driver, 51-year-old William Barton of Mars Hill, was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and possession of methamphetamine.

York’s 21-year-old son, Jerome, was driving the car and was treated at a Presque Isle hospital and released. Jerome York’s uncle, who was a passenger, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center with serious injuries.

Barton was treated and released from a Presque Isle hospital.

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