FAIRFIELD (AP) — Police said one man was killed and second man was hospitalized after a head-on crash in Fairfield.

Police said 67-year-old James Murphy of Starks was headed north on Norridgewock Road on Wednesday night when a southbound pickup truck crossed the center line and hit Murphy’s car head-on.

Sgt. Matthew Bard told the Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1gop3Ux ) that Murphy was pronounced dead at the scene.

The pickup’s driver, 37-year-old Mark Bussell of Fairfield, was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.

Murphy was a retired biochemist who operated a small dairy farm.


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