JAY — A woman from Strong received minor injuries when her vehicle went into a ditch off Route 133 about 4:28 a.m. Thursday near Sunset Avenue, police said. Veronica J. Button, 22, told officer Stephanie Guillemette that she must have fallen asleep on her way home from work, said Detective Michael Mejia, reading from Guillemette’s […]
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New Sharon teen injured in crash
NEW SHARON — A local teen was injured Tuesday after he lost control of his truck on George Thomas Road and it rolled onto its roof. Austin Koehling, 18, was driving too fast on the dirt section of the road, Sheriff Scott Nichols said in a news release. Austin was taken by a NorthStar EMS […]
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Two women die in ‘tragic and complex’ crash in Litchfield
LITCHFIELD — Two West Gardiner women died Tuesday morning when the car they were in and a tractor-trailer collided at Hallowell and Lewiston roads, according to Maj. Ryan Reardon of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. Driver Grace Marston, 92, died Tuesday evening at a Lewiston hospital; her front-seat passenger, Anita A. Wade, 82, was pronounced dead […]
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Trucks collide, strike building in Bridgton
BRIDGTON — Police had an exciting morning when two trucks collided and struck the side of an unoccupied building on Harrison Road. According to a release from the Bridgton Police Department, a passenger truck and a trailer full of pigs collided and slid off the road, doing substantial damage to the building’s side wall. Bridgton […]
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Massachusetts woman credits Rangeley responders for saving life
RANGELEY — Twenty-year-old Janessa Gordon is thankful to be alive, and credits firefighters and emergency responders for saving her life two years ago. Gordon of Melrose, Mass., was a front-seat passenger in a car that went out of control at about 90 mph June 1, 2014, on Route 4. It went off the road and rolled […]
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One trapped in car after Route 126 crash
WALES — Police shut down a section of Route 126 late Thursday afternoon after a car rolled off the road, leaving the driver trapped in the wreckage. Crews from Wales, Monmouth and Sabattus responded, cutting the roof off the car to free the driver, whose identity was not immediately available. The crash occurred in front […]
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Livermore dirt biker thrown through car window
JAY — A Livermore teenager was thrown through the rear window of a car legally parked beside East Dixfield Road on Monday when his off-road dirt bike struck it, police Sgt. Russell Adams said. Garrett Benedix, 16, received a broken arm and facial injuries and was transported by NorthStar EMS ambulance to Central Maine Medical […]
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Gray man dead in Turner crash
TURNER — Police on Wednesday were trying to determine what caused a 73-year-old Gray man to veer into oncoming traffic on Route 4 on Tuesday, costing him his life. Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office investigators said Leon Beaulieu had been driving south at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when his 1994 Dodge Ram van crossed the centerline […]
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Two injured in Livermore Falls crash
LIVERMORE FALLS — Two people were injured Thursday morning when a car attempting to turn left off Water Street onto Route 4 struck a car heading toward downtown, police said. Michelle Oben, 55, of Livermore was driving a 2010 Honda that struck a 1996 Toyota driven by William Shapleigh, 77, of Raymond, who was heading […]