NEW GLOUCESTER — The Maine Turnpike Authority is reporting a crash Monday morning in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 just north of the New Gloucester toll barrier. Rescue and fire crews are at the scene. This story will be updated when more details are available.
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‘He just took off going the wrong way at a high rate of speed’
RICHMOND — Police have released the identity of one of the men killed in a wrong-way head-on collision that claimed the lives of two men. The name of the man driving the pickup truck hit by the SUV was released Monday. He is James Curtis, 39, of Knox. His relatives were notified Sunday night, Stephen McCausland, […]
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Two dead in head-on collision on I-95 in Hampden
HAMPDEN — An SUV going the wrong way on Interstate 95 on Sunday slammed into a pickup truck, killing both drivers, state police said. The incident occurred on I-95?s southbound side between Carmel and Newburgh at about 7 p.m. It forced state police to close the highway in that area and reroute traffic at the […]
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CMP line work to interrupt I-95 traffic at night
FARMINGDALE — Traffic will be periodically stopped on part of Interstate 95 over the next few nights so Central Maine Power can install new transmission lines across the highway in Farmingdale. The utility says the work will take place between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. starting Monday and continuing through Thursday. The project will affect […]
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Police searching for Jeep in Bangor hit-and-run crash
BANGOR — Maine State Police are searching for a blue Jeep Liberty with front end damage involved in a noontime hit-and-run crash with a 15-passenger van on Interstate 95 near the Kenduskeag Stream, said Trooper Brian Bean. The driver of the van, a 32-year-old Bangor man, said the Jeep hit the van from behind and […]
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Sliding tractor-trailer crashes into state police cruiser on I-95
TOWNSHIP 2, RANGE 9 — A state trooper escaped injury Monday when his cruiser was struck by a tractor-trailer along Interstate 95 as the officer was attending to a traffic accident, according to police. Trooper Adam Bell, 31, of Hodgdon was investigating an accident on the highway’s southbound lanes around mile marker 236 when his […]
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Hampden woman injured when car crossed I-95 median, both northbound lanes
HERMON — A Hampden woman was injured Saturday after her car, crossed the Interstate 95 median and both northbound lanes before crashing into rock ledge at mile marker 181. Linda Bryant, 66, lost control of her 1998 Subaru driving south on I-95 at about 10:30 a.m. after a medical episode, according to Maine State Trooper […]
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Car driving wrong way on I-95 totals state police cruiser
ORONO — A Corinth woman is facing multiple charges after leading state police on a pursuit that concluded with a police cruiser being totaled at a roadblock. McKenzie Kaphammer, 22, is accused of operating under the influence, aggravated criminal mischief, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and passing a roadblock, according to state police Lt. […]