ELLSWORTH — A woman who drove into the path of a slow-moving tourist train Monday afternoon was lucky to escape with only minor injuries, according to police and witnesses. Gabriella Just, 25, of Ellsworth had been driving east on Davis Street at 2:10 p.m. when she apparently failed to notice the Downeast Scenic Railroad train […]
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Woman killed in Route 1 crash was teacher who spent last day preparing for first day of school
BELFAST — The woman killed Saturday night after her car was hit by charter bus on Route 1 was a teacher who spent the last day of her life getting ready for the start of the next school year. Jayashree Kalmath, 61, of Camden apparently had been turning left onto Route 1 from Northport Avenue […]
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Driver cut out of car after Route 1 crash has died
BELFAST — A woman who apparently drove into the path of an oncoming charter bus on U.S. Route 1 in Belfast Saturday evening has died, police said. Chief Michael McFadden has not identified the woman, who was in her 50s. Witnesses told officers that it looked like the woman driving the car turned left from […]
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Driver cut out of car after crash with charter bus on Route 1
BELFAST — By the time rescue crews were done with the Subaru Impreza after a bad crash Saturday evening, it looked more like a crumpled tin can than a car. But the driver survived the accident, police said, even though the vehicle appeared was T-boned by a charter bus. Witnesses told officers that it looked […]
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Trees keep teens, car from plunging into lake
RANGELEY PLANTATION — Two teenagers were injured Thursday afternoon after the vehicle there were riding in went off South Shore Drive and struck trees. The trees were the only thing that kept the car from plunging into Rangeley Lake, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Alexandra Kiser, 16, of Rangeley was driving a 2006 […]
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Seth Wescott, moose walk away from collision
LANG TOWNSHIP — Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Seth Wescott struck a moose with his Volkswagen Eurovan on Route 16 early Thursday, Franklin County Lt. David Rackliffe said. Wescott, 37, of Carrabassett Valley was not hurt and the moose got up and returned to the woods, the lieutenant said. The collision occurred as Wescott was […]
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Bridgton man dies after West Paris crash
WEST PARIS — A Bridgton man died Wednesday morning as a result of injuries he suffered when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 26, a Maine State Police trooper has confirmed. Jean P. Bolduc, 83, was traveling south when his 1991 Ford Ranger veered over the center line for an unknown reason and […]
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Two injured in collision on Route 4
JAY — Two people were injured Sunday morning when the cars they were driving collided on Route 4, near the intersection of Old Jay Hill Road. Brittany Carrier, 17, of Jay was driving up Old Jay Hill Road near the Jay Highway Garage and pulled out onto Route 4 into the path of another car, […]
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Two Lewiston children injured when ATV flips in Jay
JAY — Two children from Lewiston were injured Friday night when an ATV they were riding with an adult hit a stump in a yard and tipped over. It happened during a family reunion at a camp at about 7 p.m. off Macomber Hill Road, Maine Warden Tom McKenney said Wednesday. Driver Matt Churchill, 31, […]
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Arizona man dies in I-95 crash in Medway
MEDWAY (AP) — Police say an Arizona man has died in a single-car crash on a rural eastern Maine highway. Police said 85-year-old Paul Benn from Phoenix was traveling north on Interstate 95 in Medway at about 10:30 a.m. Monday when a witness driving behind him saw his car drift onto the rumble strip. Benn […]