Raelynn Bell, 9, was declared legally dead early Tuesday, 2 days after her family’s SUV was hit from behind on their way home from a theater where they saw ‘The Lion King.’
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Wayne man to serve 59 months in prison for fatal drunken-driving crash
AUGUSTA — For a drunken-driving crash that killed one of his friends and severely injured another, a Wayne man will spend the next 59 months behind bars. That will be followed by four years of probation, while the remainder of the 14-year sentence is suspended. Tyler J. Goucher, 23, was sentenced Friday during a hearing […]
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Police identify victims in 2nd fatal crash in Liberty in two days
A woman and a young boy were killed Wednesday evening when two vehicles collided on Route 3 in Liberty. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said Thursday morning that Janice Minson, 64, of Verona Island died when her car crossed the centerline on Route 3 and struck an oncoming pickup truck […]
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Lovell woman injured in fatal Lyman crash
LYMAN — A Hollis man died Monday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 35 in Lyman that involved a woman from Lovell, according to a state news release. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland wrote that Alexander Mcinnis, 29, was driving south when he crossed the centerline and struck a vehicle driven […]
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One killed when SUV strikes fuel truck on Gorham bypass
GORHAM — One person was killed Tuesday morning when an SUV slammed into a tractor-trailer hauling fuel on the Gorham bypass. Gorham police Chief Daniel Jones said SUV crossed the centerline and hit the truck around 5:30 a.m. The driver of the SUV, who was alone in the vehicle, was killed. The Bernard Rines Bypass […]
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Oxford crash kills New Gloucester man
OXFORD — A New Gloucester man was killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving crashed and went up in flames, according to a news release from the Oxford Police Department. Garrett Drew, 30, was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Equinox when it crashed in the area of 232 Fore St. at 3:15 a.m., police […]
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Poland woman in fatal Massachusetts crash identified
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — State police have released the name of the Maine woman who died in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 391 earlier this week. The victim was identified Tuesday as 32-year-old Amanda Coward of Poland, Maine. Police say Coward was a passenger in a Volvo that went out of control, struck a pickup […]
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Poland woman dies in crash on Massachusetts highway
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — A woman from Maine has died and two other people have been injured in a two-vehicle crash on a Massachusetts highway. State police say a car, for reasons that remain under investigation, went out of control on Interstate 395 north in Chicopee just after 6 p.m. Monday and struck a pickup […]
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Waterville man, 52, killed in early morning crash in Winslow
WINSLOW — A Waterville man died early Sunday in a one-car crash on Augusta Road that left two others — including an infant — with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Gabriel Stuart, 52, was pronounced dead at about 12:39 a.m. at the scene of the crash, Winslow Police Chief Shawn O’Leary said. Winslow police […]
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Woman dies after head-on crash in Raymond
RAYMOND (WGME) — A woman died Monday morning after a head-on crash in Raymond. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has not released the name of the victim, but they say a 30-year-old Raymond woman was heading towards Route 302 on Cape Road when she stuck a truck head-on. Deputies say the crash happened just after […]