Maine State Police were called on Wednesday to assist with the capture of a large brown pig running loose along Interstate 95 in Palmyra. Cpl. Rick Moody and Trooper Jeremy Caron located the pig and with help from the town animal control officer got the beast off the highway. “On Nov. 14, Maine State Police […]
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Lewiston man charged with OUI after turnpike crash
LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was charged with operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, after a two-car crash that injured three people Thursday night on the Maine Turnpike. David Strout of Lewiston was heading north on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when he struck the guardrail at […]
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Truck rollover closes northbound lane on Interstate 95 in Augusta
One lane of traffic was closed on northbound Interstate 95 in Augusta on Tuesday morning after a tractor-trailer rolled off the highway and onto its side. The rollover occurred near the exit onto Route 27, which is also Civic Center Drive, according to a Facebook post by the Maine State Police. The Maine Turnpike Authority is […]
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Florida RV takes out 100 feet of guardrail on I-95
A recreational vehicle headed south Tuesday afternoon on the Maine Turnpike went into the median and demolished about 100 feet of guardrail in the median.A recreational vehicle headed south Tuesday afternoon on the Maine Turnpike went into the median and demolished about 100 feet of guardrail in the median. LITCHFIELD — A Florida man driving […]
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Maine police say multiple crashes closed I-95 north for hour
SMYRNA — Maine state police say they responded to three separate crashes that occurred at roughly the same time on the same icy stretch of Interstate 95 northbound in Smyrna. Authorities say one driver who was thrown from her car when it rolled — 42-year-old Victoria Stewart of Houlton — was taken to Eastern Maine […]
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30,000 pounds of lobster survive Interstate 95 crash
BENTON — Maine state police say a tractor-trailer hauling 30,000 pounds of live lobster overturned in a crash on I-95 in Benton. Troopers say the driver, Horst Puff of Greenfield, Nova Scotia, told them he swerved early Wednesday to avoid striking a car that had spun out in front of him. The truck ended up […]
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Police unlikely to charge anyone in Maine’s worst vehicle crash
CARMEL — Maine police say it is unlikely that criminal charges will follow a massive Interstate 95 pileup involving dozens of cars in February. State police released a summary of their findings and conclusions about the crash on Wednesday. The crash happened on I-95 northbound in Carmel and Etna on Feb. 25. The report increases […]
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Multiple crashes plague Maine Turnpike on Monday
UPDATED 12:10 P.M.: Maine Turnpike officials reducded speed limits to 45 mph on the turnpike from the New Gloucester Barrier Toll at Mile 67 to the end of the turnpike at Mile 109. Maine State Police asked for the reduced speed because of blowing snow on Interstate 95. UPDATED 11:20 A.M.: Two crashes involving several vehicles in […]
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It’s a bad day to be traveling I-95 through Augusta
AUGUSTA — Traffic on Interstate 95 in the Augusta area will remain snarled all afternoon Wednesday due to a tractor trailer that overturned on Tuesday and remains in the highway’s northbound lane. Also Wednesday, an overturned truck near mile 103 (West Gardiner) on I-95 has traffic stopped. Police say the Tuesday crash happened near the […]
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Lifeflight picks up victim from Interstate 95 accident in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Maine state police say one person was seriously injured during an accident in the northbound lanes of Interstate-95 north. State police say a vehicle slammed into the rear of a dump truck as it slowed in traffic. The crash will likely continue for much of the afternoon and keep traffic backed up. State […]