DURHAM — Authorities said a Turner woman killed Monday in a head-on crash on Route 136 was accompanied by her husband, who remains in critical condition.

Destiny Dallavilla, 25, was driving a 2009 Nissan Altima sedan northbound on Route 136 (Royalsborough Road) when her car crossed into the southbound lane and collided with a 2017 GMC pickup truck driven by Henry Hudson Jr., 70, of Harrison, according to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office.

Dallavilla died at the scene, according to Lt. Glenn Holt of the Sheriff’s Office. Her husband, Jonathan Dallavilla, 30, of Turner, was a passenger in the car. He was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where he is listed in critical condition.

The couple had been recently married.

The occupants of the car were extricated by Durham Fire and Rescue crews.

Hudson was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

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Their car had been in a line of other vehicles before it crossed into the lane of the oncoming truck.

Maine State Police performed the accident reconstruction. Both vehicles were impounded. Route 136 was closed to traffic for several hours after the accident.

  

Destiny Dallavilla, 25, of Turner died Monday after her car struck a pickup truck head-on on Route 136 in Durham, Lt. Glenn Holt of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Her husband, Jonathan Dallavilla, 30, was listed in critical condition at a Lewiston hospital.

Destiny Dallavilla, 25, and Jonathan Dallavilla, 30, both of Turner, were driving Monday northbound on Route 136 in Durham when their Nissan Altima collided with an oncoming vehicle in the southbound lane. Destiny died, and Jonathan was taken to the hospital.


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