PORTLAND — A 28-year-old Auburn woman has died in an early-morning car crash in Wells. The Portland Press Herald reported that Amanda Lavoie was traveling south near the Moody Post Office when her green Honda Accord left the road and struck a tree at 12:51 a.m. Saturday. According to the Press Herland, Wells Police said rescue workers […]
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R.I. woman en route to Rangeley summer home dies in turnpike crash
KITTERY (AP) — Police say a woman from Rhode Island on the way to her summer home in Maine died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor-trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her SUV head on. Police told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1r6rlO7 ) that 59-year-old Christine […]
Driver in fatal Dedham crash crossed centerline, but it’s unclear why
DEDHAM — The initial report about the Aug. 5 fatal collision on Route 1A indicates 85-year-old Richard Olson, who was driving to his summer home in Ellsworth, may have drifted in his lane and overcorrected, causing his vehicle to cross the centerline and hit an oncoming truck head-on. Olson, a former mayor of Des Moines, […]
Police: Farmington driver in fatal Route 2 crash crossed centerline
WILTON — A Lewiston woman killed in Friday afternoon’s head-on collision on Route 2 near the First Apostolic Church tried to avoid it, Wilton police patrolman Derek Daley said Saturday. Daley was the first to arrive on scene of the 2:44 p.m. accident involving a 2010 Hyundai sport-utility vehicle driven by Claudette Hutchins, 61, and […]
Two Industry children, father remain hospitalized after Pittsfield fatal crash
FARMINGTON – Two children and their father from Industry and a Corinna man remained at a Bangor hospital Monday after a fatal crash Saturday night on Route 2 in Pittsfield, according to a spokesman from the Maine Department of Public Safety. Icy road conditions were a contributing factor in the crash, Stephen McCausland had said […]