LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man was charged with distracted driving Wednesday evening after the SUV he was driving hit two parked cars on Park Street, Lt. Joseph Sage said. Jeromy Merchant, 38, of Livermore Falls was heading south on Park Street, also known as Route 133, when the accident happened at about 6 p.m. […]
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Man injured in collision in Phillips
PHILLIPS — A Florida man complained of chest and knee pain Friday after a commercial dump truck and an SUV collided at the intersection of Route 4 and a ramp that connects to Park Street. A dump truck driven by Leonard Hutchinson, 58, of Carthage was making a left turn onto Route 4 from the […]
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Two injured when car slams pole in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Two people were hurt Friday afternoon when an SUV slammed into a utility pole on Webster Street. Witnesses said that moments after the pole was struck, two people got out of the SUV and began rolling on the grass in pain. The drivers of two other vehicles pulled onto a lawn near the crash […]
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Farmington woman injured when car goes off Route 43
FARMINGTON — A local woman was injured Thursday when the vehicle she was driving crossed the centerline on Route 43 and partially landed in a deep ditch. Hope Norton, 21, of Farmington was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, Franklin County Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said Friday. She was later […]
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Denmark woman in critical condition after Fryeburg crash
FRYEBURG — A pregnant woman from Denmark is in critical condition after the vehicle she was driving collided with another car on Bridgton Road on Saturday, according to Fryeburg police. The 29-year-old driver, whose name was not released, was driving her 2005 Subaru Outback westbound with her three children, ages 3, 5 and 8, police […]
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Naples man seriously injured in Sunday night crash
NAPLES — A Naples man was seriously injured Sunday night when he failed to stop at a stop sign and ran his car off the road. Patrick Connolly III, 48, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center by LifeFlight after he crashed his 2003 Chevrolet at the intersection of routes 302 and 11 around 9 […]
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Two-car crash on turnpike in Gray injures 8
GRAY — Eight people were transported to hospitals in Lewiston and Portland on Sunday night after a two-car crash on the Maine Turnpike in Gray. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said the vehicles crashed in the northbound lane, about a mile south of the Gray toll exit. “Eight people were […]
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In the Pits: Wickens crash a reminder racing will never be safe
Race car drivers understand death, more so than other professional athletes. Nearly every driver at the top levels has lost a friend or a rival in a race, an acquaintance from another series, a driver they grew up idolizing. Death is a risk the drivers willingly take and their loved ones accept, knowing the passion […]
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Two people injured when van, SUV collide in New Gloucester
Two people were taken to area hospitals Sunday morning after a van and sport utility vehicle collided at the intersection of Bald Hill Road and Ricker Road in New Gloucester. Sgt. Marc Marion of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said their injuries were not life-threatening. Marion said a 2015 Toyota Sienna van operated by Lisa […]
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Plymouth motorcyclist seriously injured in Palmyra crash
A 2017 Chevrolet Impala struck a 2003 Indian Scout motorcycle on Interstate 95 near the northbound off-ramp in Palmyra on Saturday morning, according to Chief Deputy James Ross of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. The motorcyclist was seriously injured and taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield. (Somerset County Sheriff’s Office) A Plymouth man was […]