TURNER – A Rumford woman was killed and two others were injured Monday afternoon when two vehicles collided on Route 4.
Police said Lori-Ann Grasruck, 40, was dead at the scene when rescue crews arrived at about 3 p.m. Her son, 18-year-old Anthony Grasruck, was riding in the car at the time of the wreck. He was listed in serious condition Monday night at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
Also injured in the head-on collision was 52-year-old R. Diane Hutchinson of Turner. Police said Hutchinson was driving north on Route 4 when her car collided with Grasruck’s vehicle in the southbound lane. Investigators said Grasruck was driving south, toward Auburn, when the vehicles collided.
Hutchinson was also taken to CMMC. However, at the request of the family, a nursing supervisor there could neither confirm nor deny that she was a patient at the hospital Monday night.
A section of Route 4 was closed to traffic for nearly four hours while police began an investigation. The road was closed between Fern and Upper streets until about 6:30 p.m. while the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office investigated and Cumberland County Sheriff’s officials assisted with a reconstruction of the crash.
It remained unknown Monday night what caused the vehicles to collide.
Police are asking that anyone who witnessed the crash call Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Detective William Gagne at 784-7361 or 1-800-492-0737 ext. 214.
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