CLIFTON — One man was killed and his female passenger severely injured when their pickup collided with a logging truck on Rebel Hill Road on Monday evening. The driver of an unloaded logging truck was heading west on Rebel Hill Road, part of Route 180, as he approached a pickup driven in the opposite direction […]
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Slippery road causes accident in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A Hartford woman was injured when the vehicle she was riding in slid through a stop sign and into a pole on the Knowlton Corner Road Monday afternoon. Angela Malchisky, 25, complained of neck and back pain and was transported by NorthStar ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington police officer Michael Lyman said. […]
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Livermore Falls man injured in Industry crash
INDUSTRY — A Livermore Falls man was injured Saturday afternoon when his truck went off Route 43 and struck a utility pole and four trees, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Harold Mason, 38, who was driving east at about 3:16 p.m., told Deputy Walter Fails that he had been looking at a power […]
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Head-on crash in Paris destroys sedan
PARIS — A crash on Main Street on Thursday afternoon destroyed a sedan and sent a young man to the hospital with minor injuries. According to Paris police Chief Michael Madden, a 17-year-old male was driving a silver Volkswagen sedan north on Main Street when he lost control of the vehicle, slammed head-on into a utility […]
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Jay crash sends Wilton man to hospital
JAY — A Wilton man was injured Sunday night when his pickup truck left Route 4 on Jay Hill and rolled over, police Chief Larry White Sr. said Tuesday. Officer Nicholas Gulliver responded to the accident at 9:37 p.m. Driver Damian Osgood, 29, told police he fell asleep, White said. The 2011 Dodge truck was […]
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Driver arrested after New Sharon crash
NEW SHARON — An Athens woman was charged with drunken-driving and leaving the scene of an accident after police found her abandoned Jeep on Kimball Pond Road on Tuesday night. Tina Meng, 45, was arrested at her boyfriend’s home on Kimball Pond Road and booked at the Franklin County jail in Farmington early Wednesday on […]
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Rangeley man injured in Avon crash
AVON — A Rangeley man was injured Tuesday night when he lost control of his vehicle on Route 4, Maine State Police Sgt. Mathew Casavant said Wednesday. The 2005 Subaru Legacy driven by Dustin Hines, 22, of Rangeley crossed the centerline and crashed in a ditch, he said. “Speed and icy road conditions are considered […]
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Man taken to hospital following Route 4 accident in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Police said a Byron man was injured Thursday morning on Route 4 when he fell asleep and his car crossed into the oncoming lane, hit a car and a utility pole. Christopher Edmonds, 34, of Byron, was heading north near Brettuns Variety at 7:19 a.m., Maine State Police Trooper Tyler Stevenson said. His […]
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Truck heavily damaged when it hits tree
WILTON — A pickup truck was heavily damaged Wednesday morning when it hit a patch of ice on Munson Road and crashed into a tree, police Sgt. Chad Abbott said. Driver Grace-Lyn Coolidge, 19, of Wilton left the Big Apple and turned right onto Munson Road, he said. Once the truck’s rear-end started to slide, […]
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Rig slides off Jay road; pole, wires down
JAY — The trailer of an empty logging truck went off Route 140, snapping a utility pole Monday morning, Jay police Sgt. Troy Young said. The 2007 Kenworth rig, driven by Johnny Fortin, 32, of Canada, was going too fast for the slushy road conditions, he said. Fortin was not hurt. The utility pole snapped […]