
Donna Bissonnette, of Lewiston, checks out the damage after her car and several others were damaged by a hit-and-run driver at Sabattus and Farwell streets Friday afternoon. Minutes after the crash was reported, police arrested James Nokes, 55, of Rowley, Mass., and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident. Nokes was bailed out of the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn early Friday night.

Lewiston Police Officer William Rousseau speaks to the occupants of a truck involved in a hit-and-run accident in which several vehicles were struck near Sabattus and Farwell streets in Lewiston on Friday afternoon. No injuries were reported. James Nokes, 55, of Rowley, Mass. was arrested at Main and Russell streets and charged with leaving the scene of an accident.

Lewiston police Sgt. Robert Ullrich, center, listens to drivers and witnesses tell their stories after a pickup truck struck several vehicles and fled the scene at the corner of Farwell and Sabattus streets in Lewiston early Friday afternoon. Minutes after the crash was reported, police stopped James Nokes, 55, of Rowley, Mass., at Main and Russell streets and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident.
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