HALLOWELL (AP) — Police say they are unsure of what caused a crash that left an 86-year-old Maine man from Jefferson upside down in his car. Hallowell Police Chief Eric Nason says workers were finishing repairs on a bridge when a sedan crossed the dividing line and hit a stopped car. The Kennebec Journal reported […]
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Wilton man arrested after Farmington crash
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man is accused of driving under the influence Wednesday night after his vehicle crossed over into the opposite lane on Town Farm Road and collided with a Poland Spring tanker-truck. Benjamin Reeves, 32, was driving south on the road towards Strong. He failed to keep in the proper lane and struck […]
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Fatal crash in Brownfield on Friday killed Hiram woman
BROWNFIELD — Police have named Gail Sumber, 80, of Hiram as the person killed in a car crash on Route 113 on Friday afternoon, WGME reported. Sumber was a passenger in a car driven by James Biggs, 70, of Hiram that nearly struck head-on a car driven by Melissa Lavin, 40, of Bangor. Channel 13 […]
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Lewiston student hit biking to school
LEWISTON — A Lewiston High School student bicycling to school Monday was injured when he was struck by a vehicle, Lewiston police said Tuesday. The 15-year-old bicyclist was in the area of 203 Webster St. at 7:34 a.m. when he crossed the road diagonally into the path of a vehicle driven by Ashley Morrissette, 24, […]
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84-year-old Oxford driver rear-ended, takes out his own deck, strikes own house
OXFORD — An 84-year-old man turning into his driveway Sunday afternoon was struck from behind by a truck and careened into his own house, according to police. “The Jeep was turning into its driveway and got rear-ended, which caused it to shoot off into the house and then into the deck,” Oxford police officer Zachary […]
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Truck crashes into vacant Poland home
Police are investigating after a truck crashed into a vacant Poland home at 1416 Maine St. on Saturday at 6:55 p.m. Androscoggin County Sgt. Tim Kachnovich said the driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No other details were available on Sunday. A truck sits on a lawn with its front end smashed […]
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New Sharon girl injured when car hits RSU 9 bus in Chesterville
CHESTERVILLE — An 11-year-old girl was injured Thursday when a car and a Regional School Unit 9 bus collided head-on on Route 41, Franklin County Sheriff’s Lt. David Rackliffe said. Brittany Dugal, 18, of Thorndike, failed to stop at a stop sign on Route 156 and drove into the front of the bus, which was […]
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Truck slams into club in Auburn
An Auburn police officer begins his investigation Friday night following a crash near the Firehouse Grille on Broad Street. The band Zeallous Bellus was on stage at about 10 p.m. when a pickup truck slammed into the side of a nearby hair salon, hitting an area not far from where Justin Dube was playing the […]
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East Dixfield, Jay men injured in Route 4 crash in Jay
Jeffrey Haynes, 47, of East Dixfield and Kent Mitchell, 70, of Jay were injured Thursday when their vehicles, a pickup truck and SUV, respectively, collided on Jay Hill on Route 4 in Jay near the Jay Public Works Department Garage, Jay Detective Michael Mejia said. The SUV failed to yield while pulling out of from […]
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Dog ejected from truck in Jay crash
Jessaka Nichols, 35, of Turner escaped injury Thursday night when her 2014 Nissan Pathfinder, which was heading south on Route 133 in Jay, was struck by a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Paul Taylor, 61, of Farmington in Jay, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said. Taylor was also not injured. A large dog that had been sitting […]