Emergency workers attend to an accident Saturday night on Minot Avenue in Auburn. A 67-year-old Sabattus man was killed in the crash. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal file photo
AUBURN — Police on Monday identified Daniel Brackett as the driver who died over the weekend in the two-vehicle crash on Minot Avenue in Auburn.
Deputy Chief Tim Cougle of the Auburn Police Department said Brackett, 67, of Sabattus was driving east on Minot Avenue in a 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt when he struck the back end of a 2020 Ford Explorer that had just made a right turn out of Side By Each Brewing Co. at 5:30 p.m.
Members of the Maine National Guard tried to assist Brackett, but he died at the scene, according to police.
None of the occupants of the Ford Explorer — driver Bruce Jones, 67, and his wife, Pamela, 61, of Fryeburg or their son, Shawn, 22, of Boston — was injured.
The crash remained under investigation Monday, according to Cougle, who said speed appeared to be a factor in the accident, which forced closure of part of Minot Avenue on Saturday night.
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