LEWISTON — Outside of a few strains and bruises, none of the dogs or kittens being carried when the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society’s van flipped Thursday afternoon on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire were seriously injured. “One of the drivers had to go to the hospital for minor issues, and other than some road-rash and […]
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Suspect speeds into Maine after N.H. stop, abandons car and is arrested in motel lobby
KITTERY (AP) — Police from New Hampshire and Maine caught up with a suspect who sped away from a traffic stop in North Hampton and abandoned his car across the border in Kittery. A New Hampshire state trooper stopped a car on Interstate 95 north at about 8:20 Saturday night for lane change violations. As […]
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Dump truck, motorcycle crashes on I-95 in Bangor block traffic in both lanes
A motorcycle was involved in a second crash just south of the dump truck crash. Traffic in both directions wass backed up for miles as a result of the accidents and motorists were advised to seek alternate routes. No information on possible motorist injuries was available immediately.
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Driver charged after leaving scene of accident on I-95 in Augusta
AUGUSTA — A Richmond woman was charged with leaving the scene of an accident Sunday afternoon. Shortly after noon Sunday, a pickup truck was traveling south on Interstate 95, driven by Adam Breznkya, 29, of Winslow. Breznkya attempted to pass a Jeep Wrangler when it drifted into his lane. Breznkya swerved to avoid the Jeep, […]
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Forty bullets accidentally go off during six-car pileup on I-95, state police say
AUGUSTA — The northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Augusta were shut down Thursday after bullets inside a car that caught fire during a six-vehicle pileup went off. Maine State Police said 40 bullets exploded during a 10-minute period. Though no one involved was shot, three people were taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center […]
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Camper rollover forces partial shutdown of I-95 in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — A largely wooden 32-foot camper rolled over on Interstate 95 and jammed southbound traffic for 5½ hours on Sunday and broke apart when rescue workers tried to move it, officials said. An elderly Brunswick man was towing an apparently brand-new Hornet camper with a pickup truck in the southbound lane near mile marker […]
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M. Kindlimann: Hypocritical stance
Many elected officials are crying over new sign regulations for Interstate 95. They say that tourism will be hurt if the signs are removed or relocated. They say the districts they represent will lose tax revenue. I would like to point out that every Democrat except one (Rep. Matthew Peterson of Rumford), and more than […]
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Passenger jet slips off taxiway in Bangor as freezing rain pelts Maine; hundreds of accidents reported
A passenger jet slid off a taxiway at Bangor International Airport and sections of Interstate 95 were closed by extremely icy conditions Saturday that had emergency responders scrambling statewide. Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Cape Road in Hollis, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. The accident happened shortly […]