WALDOBORO (AP) — Police in Maine have identified the Massachusetts couple who died in a car crash in Waldoboro last week. Police on Monday said 68-year-old Raymond Thompson and 70-year-old Peggy Aldrich died in a head-on crash on Atlantic Highway on Friday afternoon. The couple lived in the Whitinsville section of Northbridge, Mass. Investigators said […]
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Kingfield men face alcohol-related charges after crash
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Two Kingfield men face alcohol-related charges related to a Carrabassett Valley accident Thursday that injured two Stratton teenagers, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Franklin County Sheriff’s Detective Ken Charles charged Christopher McLaughlin, 21, with a misdemeanor count of furnishing liquor to a minor and violations of conditions of release, Nichols […]
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Police: 1 dead in head-on crash in Orland
ORLAND (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old man has died in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 1 in Orland, and the weather may have been a factor. Authorities said the victim was headed north just after 4 p.m. Monday when he lost control and his car crossed the center line, colliding head-on with another […]
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School bus driver hurt in Molunkus crash
MOLUNKUS — A Kingman school bus driver was taken to the hospital after she lost control of a bus on Route 2 in Molunkus Friday morning, according to the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office. Two students on the bus at the time were not injured. Marilyn Hersom, 75, was traveling south on Route 2 when she […]
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One dead in head-on collision on Route 202 in Winthrop
WINTHROP — A 71-year old local man was killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision that shut down Route 202, according to police. Richard Leighton, 71, was heading west in his GMC pickup around 7:30 a.m. when an eastbound SUV driven by Bobbie Reeves, 39, of Winthrop, apparently crossed the center line, Winthrop police Chief […]
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Portland man dies from injuries suffered in Windham crash
WINDHAM — A 26-year-old man died Sunday morning at a Portland hospital from injuries suffered in a car crash on Route 302. Windham police Sgt. Peter Fulton said Sunday afternoon that police continue to investigate the incident, but it appears that Craig D. McPherson of Portland was headed east on Route 302 just before 8:30 […]
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Truck pushes car sideways for 200 feet in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A Mexico man escaped injury Friday morning when a loaded logging truck pushed his car sideways down Route 2 for about 200 feet before it stopped at a traffic light in front of Walmart. Officer Darin Gilbert said he was making a traffic stop in front of Burger King and saw the car […]
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Judge denies motions in Lowe manslaughter case; jury trial expected
PARIS — A judge denied several motions to exclude the state’s evidence in the manslaughter trial of a woman charged in a fatal crash in West Paris in 2012, following a hearing in Oxford County Superior Court on Thursday. Kristina Lowe, 20, of West Paris is charged with two counts of manslaughter, two counts of operating […]
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Three people injured in Harrison crash
HARRISON — At least three people were taken to hospitals after a two-car crash on Route 117 near Bolsters Mill Road around 3 p.m. Wednesday. “We just heard a big bang,” said Heather Smith of 760 Norway Road, who ran out of her house to see the cars side by side and a man sitting […]
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One dead after car crashes into snowplow in Newburgh
NEWBURGH (AP) — Police say one person is dead and another injured after a car collided with a state Transportation Department snowplow in Newburgh. Police said the driver of a car apparently lost control on a slippery hill on Western Avenue at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. It was snowing at the time. Trooper Douglas Franklin […]