BERWICK (AP) — Public safety officials in Maine say a 63-year-old Berwick woman has died from injuries she suffered in a house fire. The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office says Rebecca Galleshaw suffered severe smoke inhalation and was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Friday. Firefighters found her in her bed after they […]
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Jefferson man dies in Union crash
UNION (AP) — Police say a Jefferson man has died after losing control of his vehicle on Route 17 in Jefferson. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department says it appears as if 37-year-old Chris LaFrance lost control of his SUV while traveling east at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle clipped the end of a guard […]
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One dead in Peru crash on Route 108
PERU — A local woman was killed Friday morning when her station wagon and a logging truck collided on Route 108. Jane Jacques, 37, of Peru was pronounced dead at the scene, Deputy Josh Wyman of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said. Police received a report of the accident involving a Kelly Co. logging truck […]
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Teen dies in collision with logging truck in Washington County
TOPSFIELD (AP) — Police say a crash involving a car and an empty logging truck has claimed the life of an 18-year-old high school student. WZON radio reported Dylan Porter of Brookton died early Wednesday morning in the crash on Route 1. The driver of the logging truck, 39-year-old Kevin Lagse of New Brunswick, was […]
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Police say Poland man’s slaying appears similar to earlier shooting
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police investigating the shooting death of a Maine man along an interstate highway in Pennsylvania said Tuesday they are scrutinizing a similar shooting that happened eight hours earlier and about 30 miles away. State police said there are similarities between the shooting that took the life of 28-year-old Timothy Davison a few miles […]
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Hampden man killed in single-car crash on I-95
HERMON — A 47-year-old Hampden man was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95. Thomas Ellingwood was the only person in the vehicle, a silver 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, Trooper Michael Johnston of the Maine State Police said in a news release issued Monday evening. According to Johnston, the accident happened about […]
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Topsham man dies in 2nd fatal crash on same stretch of Route 196 in 8 days
TOPSHAM — A Topsham man died Monday night in a head-on collision on Route 196 near Dewey Drive. The incident occurred about 100 yards from the site of a Dec. 9 fatal crash. Police have not yet released the name of the Topsham man who died. His 1999 Ford Ranger was headed toward Topsham when […]
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Starks man dies in Fairfield crash
FAIRFIELD (AP) — Police said one man was killed and second man was hospitalized after a head-on crash in Fairfield. Police said 67-year-old James Murphy of Starks was headed north on Norridgewock Road on Wednesday night when a southbound pickup truck crossed the center line and hit Murphy’s car head-on. Sgt. Matthew Bard told the […]
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Biddeford man indicted in bicyclist’s death
BIDDEFORD (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Biddeford man authorities say was drunk when his pickup truck struck a family riding their bicycles, killing the dad. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17cqShJ ) reported that David Labonte was indicted Thursday on charges including manslaughter and drunken driving. Police said the 56-year-old Labonte drove into […]
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Orono man dies after rear-ending school bus in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police say the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a school bus in Augusta has died, but no one on the bus was hurt. Police Lt. Christopher Massey says the truck driven by 60-year-old Herbert LeBreton, of Orono, struck the rear of the bus at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and got […]