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No one injured when school bus crashes into woods in Bridgton

BRIDGTON (AP) — No one has been injured after a school bus with children on board went off road and into the woods in Bridgton. WCSH-TV (http://on.wcsh6.com/SfWmSK ) is reporting the bus went off of Harrison Road, also known as Route 117, near an intersection with Blake Lane on Wednesday afternoon. The station reported that […]

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Police investigate bus crash

BRIDGTON – Police said Wednesday night they were trying to determine what caused a school bus to slide off Route 117 and into a patch of trees. The children on board were not injured, officials said. It was not immediately clear where the bus was headed when it slipped off the highway near Blake Lane. […]

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Pickup smashes into tree in Lewiston

LEWISTON — Damp streets and quick cornering proved a bit much for an Auburn man who escaped serious injury when he lost control of his truck Monday night. According to the 20-year-old driver Alex Burton, “I came around that corner too quick,” prior to the incident that happened around 8:30 p.m. Burton said he was […]

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Winthrop woman faces charges in fatal crash

WATERVILLE — A Winthrop woman charged with causing a fatal traffic crash in Monmouth in March has pleaded not guilty. Alyssa Danielle Marcellino was ordered held on $20,000 bail at her arraignment on Wednesday. The reports that the 23-year-old Marcellino is facing eight charges, including causing serious bodily injury while driving with a suspended license. […]

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Father: Kristina Lowe said she was driving

PARIS — Kristina Lowe’s father was arrested late Tuesday, charged with contempt of court after he failed to show up to testify at her double manslaughter trial in Oxford County Superior Court. State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown arrested Earl Lowe, 43, at his home on Mt. Mica Road in South Paris at 9:30 p.m. on […]

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One dead, three hurt in Stockton Springs crash

STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — Police say one person has died and three others have been hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Stockton Springs. The victim of the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 1 was identified by authorities as 79-year-old Philip Grindle. He was the driver of one of the vehicles and […]

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Weld woman dies in Augusta car crash

AUGUSTA — A 21-year-old Weld woman was killed and her boyfriend suffered a broken neck in a car crash early Sunday morning. Karen Schwartz was heading east on Route 17, also known as Eastern Avenue, just before 3 a.m. Sunday when the 2006 Pontiac G6 she was driving went off the road and struck a […]

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Lowe trial to start Wednesday

PARIS — A short time after midnight on Jan. 7, 2012, 18-year-old Kristina Lowe was driving east on Route 219 in West Paris and lost control of her car. She crashed her 10-year-old Subaru into a stand of trees, killing her backseat passengers, Rebecca Mason and Logan Dam. Mason was 16; Dam was 19. Lowe […]

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Turnpike crash slowing traffic

NEW GLOUCESTER — The Maine Turnpike Authority is reporting a crash Monday morning in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 just north of the New Gloucester toll barrier.  Rescue and fire crews are at the scene. This story will be updated when more details are available.