NORTHEAST CARRY TOWNSHIP (AP) — Maine State Police said a man and woman escaped serious injury when their single-engine plane crashed into Moosehead Lake while attempting a water landing. Police said 31-year-old Thomas Coleman of West Forks was piloting a pontoon-equipped Cessna 185 when it crashed into the lake and sank at about 7 p.m. […]
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Police: Dog apparently caused fatal Unity crash
UNITY TOWNSHIP (AP) — Police say a dog that apparently jumped into the lap of a driver caused a fatal head-on crash in Unity Township earlier this week. Kennebec County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ryan Reardon said a pickup truck driven by 29-year-old Tyler Brackett of Unity was headed west on Route 139 on Monday afternoon […]
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Driver hurt in Durham crash
DURHAM — A local driver was injured Monday morning when his Jeep struck the abutment at the entrance of the Durham-Lisbon bridge. David A. Stanley, 61, of 705 Pinkham Brook Road was making a right turn from Pinkham Brook Road onto the bridge when he was blinded by the sun, Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim […]
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Maine man killed in crash after being charged with OUI
SMITHFIELD (AP) — Police are blaming speed and alcohol in the death of a 26-year-old Maine man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash about six hours after being charged with operating under the influence. Police say Paul Caret of Oakland was killed at about 6:45 a.m. Saturday, when his car left a roadway in […]
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R.I. man gets 3 years in prison in fatal Biddeford crash
ALFRED (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to driving drunk and causing a crash in Maine that killed his passenger. Christopher Bennett of Johnston, R.I., was sentenced Thursday in York County Superior Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter and operating under the […]
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Police still investigating Bucksport car crash that killed 15-year-old girl
BUCKSPORT — Police say they still are investigating a car accident that killed 15-year-old Taylor Darveau on Thursday evening. The Ellsworth Police Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office are working with the Bucksport Police Department to determine the cause of the accident using electronic mapping techniques, photographs of the scene and interviews with witnesses. […]
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One dead after single-vehicle crash in Windsor
WINDSOR — One person is dead in a single-vehicle accident in Kennebec County on Wednesday morning, according to police. The accident occurred in Windsor at the intersection of Routes 32 and 17 at approximately 4 a.m., Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty said. Liberty said the vehicle, believed to be a Chevy Blazer which had only […]
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Corinth man killed, three others hurt in car crash at Kenduskeag town line
CORINTH — A local man died and three other motorists suffered minor injuries when his sedan collided with a pickup truck on Route 15 and both landed in a ditch Saturday night, police said Sunday. Keith Trask, 69, of Corinth was pronounced dead on the way to Eastern Maine Medical Center of Bangor. A 2002 […]
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Friendship man dies, passenger injured in early morning high-speed crash
CUSHING — Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Friendship man early Saturday morning. Elliot Montgomery, 29, of Friendship was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred at 1:30 a.m. on Cushing Road, also known as Route 97, according to a news […]
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Police: Driver fell asleep, car hit guard rail in Strong
STRONG — A Madrid Township man escaped injury Wednesday night when he fell asleep while driving on Route 4 and his car hit a guardrail, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Brann said Thursday. Robert Ferro, 40, was heading north in a 2000 Subaru Legacy when it went off the right side of the road near […]