LIVERMORE — A 20-year-old woman and a toddler died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision on state Route 108 when the vehicle they were riding in crossed the centerline and struck another, according to a preliminary investigation.

Five others suffered serious injuries.

The investigation shows the Jeep Wrangler driven by Joshua Charette, 31, of Rangeley was traveling east on the highway, also known as Canton Road, and a Mercedes driven by Jared Sampson, 23, of Norway was traveling west, according to a statement from the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office.

“Sampson was driving west on the road and preliminary evidence shows that Sampson’s vehicle crossed the centerline and collided with Charette’s vehicle in the eastbound lane,” according to the statement.

Sampson’s front seat passenger, Harley Lausier, 20, whose address was not immediately available, and a 1 ½-year-old girl who was in a car seat on the rear passenger side, died at the scene, the Sheriff’s Office said.

According to Lausier’s Facebook page she lived in Greene.

Charette and a juvenile in his vehicle were transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

Sampson and two children who were in car seats in the back seat of his vehicle were also transported to Central Maine Medical Center. All sustained serious injuries

“This crash is still a very active investigation,” the release stated.

The crash happened about 2 p.m.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Livermore, Livermore Falls, Turner and Canton fire departments, NorthStar EMS ambulance, Turner Rescue, Med-Care Ambulance in Mexico, and LifeFlight of Maine, as well as the Lewiston and Livermore Falls police departments and the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office.

LifeFlight reportedly landed for one patient just before 3 p.m. at the Livermore Recreation Field near 1499 Federal Road and again for another patient at the Northland Plaza parking lot at 1355 Route 4 in Turner.

A section of Route 108 from Church Street to Route 4 was closed and traffic on Route 108 was detoured to Church Street for about four hours.

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