Eric Campbell, left, listens to the judge during Campbell’s initial appearance at 8th District Court in Lewiston on Friday. He is charged with driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury or death. At right is attorney Ed Rabasco. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) LEWISTON — A Norway […]
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East Dixfield, Farmington women injured in Wilton crash
WILTON — Two women were injured Friday morning when the vehicles they were driving collided at the intersection of Route 156 and Route 2 at 11:22 a.m. A 2008 Ford Focus driven by Crystal Currier, 34, of Farmington, was coming to a stop on Route 156 but slid through the stop sign and collided with […]
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Norway man arrested after fleeing crash scene
MECHANIC FALLS — A Norway man who crashed a pickup truck on Pleasant Street on Tuesday night causing serious injury to a passenger was arrested Wednesday morning after turning himself in to police. Eric Campbell, 33, was charged with aggravated driving to endanger and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. Each charge is […]
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Livermore man charged with manslaughter in 2018 Turner fatal crash
AUBURN — A Livermore man was charged Tuesday with manslaughter and aggravated criminal drunken driving stemming from a May 24 crash in Turner that killed a 54-year-old Jay man. An Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Christian J. Parlin, 24, on the two felonies. The manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, […]
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No one injured in four-vehicle crash in Wilton
WILTON — Four vehicles crashed Monday morning after a tractor-trailer truck stopped for a school bus on U.S. Route 2 West near the Carthage line, police said. Daniel Villacci, 57, of Farmington stopped a tractor-trailer behind a bus that was stopped in the eastbound lane. A car driven by Samantha Knapp, 29, of Rumford slowed behind […]
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Jay man injured when snowmobile collides with car on Route 4
JAY — A local man was injured Tuesday evening when the snowmobile he was riding collided with a car on Route 4. Mark Given, 33, of Jay was driving a Ski-Doo and pulled out in front of a 2004 Ford Focus driven by Juliann Desjardins, 21, also of Jay, according to Police Chief Richard […]
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Pennsylvania man injured when snowmobile hits rear tire in Eustis
EUSTIS — A Pennsylvania man was injured Tuesday when the snowmobile he was driving hit a rear tire on an empty logging truck driving by on Tim Pond Road. John Derea, 71, of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, who was operating a 2014 Arctic Cat snowmobile with a party of snowmobilers, had brought the machine to a stop where […]
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Manchester man seriously injured in Farmington collision
FARMINGTON — A Manchester man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when the Maine Department of Transportation van he was driving hit the back of a tractor-trailer on Route 2, near Hammond Lumber. Aaron Buotte, 32, did not see a UPS truck that was stopping in front of him, according to Sgt. Edward Hastings IV of […]
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Tractor-trailer rolls over in Chain of Ponds Township
CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — A Canadian driver lost control of his tractor-trailer on a steep, downhill portion of a slippery Route 27 early Saturday, causing the truck to roll over into a deep ditch. Jimmy Quirion, 38, of Frontenac, Quebec, was operating the 2019 Peterbilt, which sustained extensive damage to the tractor and trailer, […]
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Farmington man killed, two others critically injured in Kingfield crash
KINGFIELD — A Farmington man was killed and two other Farmington men were critically injured Tuesday afternoon when their car lost traction on Route 27 and slid sideways into the path of a tractor-trailer. Seth Gordon, 28, died instantly at the scene, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Leroy Gordon, 76, the driver […]