PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities said an 80-year-old woman has been critically injured in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 295 in Portland. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said the vehicles smashed into one another on I-295 south shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday, causing the lanes to be closed for more than an hour. […]
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Vehicle strikes pole in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A Wilton woman complained of pain after the car she was driving hit a light pole Saturday. It appears Donna Fonseca, 51, was driving to the exit of Central Plaza toward Main Street and struck a light pole in the middle of parking lot, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Tuesday. A […]
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Newry man dies in fiery crash in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — A Newry man was killed early Monday in a one-car crash on the Maine Turnpike, according to Maine State Police. Jacob Bartholomew, 36, lost control of his car near the South Portland exit as it went off the highway and slammed into a tree and caught fire, Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the […]
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Orono man dies after rear-ending school bus in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police say the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a school bus in Augusta has died, but no one on the bus was hurt. Police Lt. Christopher Massey says the truck driven by 60-year-old Herbert LeBreton, of Orono, struck the rear of the bus at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and got […]
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Driver injured in early-morning crash in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A Farmington woman was injured in a rear-end collision early Monday on Perham Street. Melissa Cushman, 35, was traveling east on Perham Street when she attempted to make a left turn near Green Acres Apartments at about 7:30 a.m., Farmington police Officer Ryan Wagner said. Travis Gourley, 21, of Chesterville was also traveling […]
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New Sharon teen recovering after Industry road accident
NEW SHARON — A local teenager is recovering Monday at a Lewiston hospital from serious injuries he received Saturday when his truck left Industry Road and hit a tree head-on. Matthew Couillard, 18, of New Sharon was driving his 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck toward New Sharon at about 5:12 a.m. It appears he fell asleep […]
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Two hospitalized by Sunday afternoon crash
AUBURN — A Sunday afternoon crash injured two at the intersection of Beech Hill Road and Route 202. According to Lt. Laurie Woodhead of the Auburn Police Department, around 4:38 p.m., Rene Bosse, 83, of Lewiston and his wife, Angeline, were traveling northbound on Beech Hill Road in their 2007 Buick when they attempted to […]
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Maine man ejected from vehicle, killed in late-night crash in Arundel
ARUNDEL (AP) — Officials are investigating a late-night single-vehicle accident in southern Maine that killed a 26-year-old Sanford man. The York County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were called to an accident around midnight Saturday in which a car had failed to negotiate a curve and struck a utility pole on Log Cabin Road in Arundel. […]
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High school student rushed to hospital after being struck by car in Newport
NEWPORT — A Nokomis High School student is listed in fair condition after being struck by a car in front of the school early Friday morning. The 16-year-old girl had parked her vehicle in the junior parking lot located across the street from the high school, said Newport police Lt. Randy Wing. She was crossing […]
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Sabattus woman killed in Thursday-morning crash
SABATTUS — Police are investigating a 5 a.m. car crash on Middle Road that left a Sabattus woman dead Thursday morning. Police Chief Anthony Ward said in a statement that Tracy Richard, 38, was killed after a 2002 Chevrolet SUV driven by Felicia Hinkley of Sabattus crossed the centerline and hit Richard’s 2003 Oldsmobile sedan traveling […]