The family of the Oakland 17-year-old girl killed in a Mechanic Falls hayride accident in 2014 has settled a wrongful death lawsuit. Cassidy Charette was killed when the haunted hayride at Harvest Hill Farm overturned. More than a dozen other people were injured when the wagon flipped. The family brought a wrongful death lawsuit against […]
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Charette family sues Bolduc, Harvest Hill Farm in fatal hayride accident
AUGUSTA — Randy Charette, whose daughter Cassidy was killed in a hayride accident at Pumpkin Land in Mechanic Falls in 2014, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the company and its owner, Peter Bolduc Jr., claiming damages resulting from Cassidy’s death. Charette’s suit also names the driver of the Jeep involved in the crash […]
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Defendants in haunted hayride crash to meet with judge next month
AUBURN — A Portland judge is expected to meet next month with prosecutors and defense attorneys for three people facing criminal charges related to the Harvest Hill Farm haunted hayride crash in Mechanic Falls nearly a year ago. The attorneys met Tuesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court with the trial judge to discuss scheduling matters. […]
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Haunted hayrides ride the line between scary and safety
Last fall, Peter Ricker debuted Nightmare on the Ridge at Wallingford’s Fruit House in Auburn, a haunted hayride frightfest with chain saws, cackling women and ample ooze and splatter. Ricker has ditched Nightmare’s tractors and wagons. This season — the first after a Maine teenager was killed in a hayride crash in a nearby town […]
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Cassidy Charette’s parents support charges in fatal hayride accident
AUBURN — The parents of a teenage girl killed in October during a haunted hayride at Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls said Wednesday that they support the Androscoggin County grand jury’s indictments, handed up Wednesday, of the driver, mechanic and company that operates the farm. Monica and Randy Charette of Oakland, parents of 17-year-old […]
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Harvest Hill Farms charged with manslaughter
This story has been temporarily removed and will be updated later Thursday. See video interivew with the attorney for the family of Cassidy Charette, 17, who was killed. [VIDEO] Video: Attorney for Charette family discusses indictments
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Prosecutor says Mechanic Falls hayride case to go to grand jury
AUBURN — The chief prosecutor for Androscoggin County said Thursday that he expects to present witnesses to a grand jury next week who will testify about possible criminal conduct in an October haunted hayride in Mechanic Falls that turned deadly. District Attorney Andrew Robinson declined to disclose how many witnesses he planned to call, but […]
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Community comes together after hayride accident killed girl, injured 21 others
AUGUSTA — “Messalonskee strong.” That’s how Messalonskee High School junior class president Garrett Main of Belgrade described his school community at a crowded fundraising and memorial event Monday evening at the Red Barn in Augusta. “People are happy the community is rallying around the high school,” he said. “It’s been a really tough time.” The […]