RUMFORD – A 62-year-old local man was being examined at Rumford Hospital Thursday night after he was struck by a car near the corner of Lincoln and Waldo streets, police said. Wilfred Buck of Rumford complained of shoulder pain after he was struck just before 5 p.m., investigators said. Buck was crossing in a crosswalk […]
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Preliminary report on fatal Livermore Falls accident released
AUBURN — A preliminary accident report from the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office found that a pedestrian entered Park Street and failed to yield the right of way to a Livermore Falls police cruiser in a fatal accident late on Oct. 28. Pedestrian Joseph Slaver, 23, of Livermore Falls, died Oct. 31 from injuries suffered in […]
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Livermore Falls man dies of injuries from police cruiser collision
LIVERMORE FALLS — A pedestrian who ran into the side of a Livermore Falls police cruiser Friday night died Monday afternoon, police said. Joseph Slaver, 24, of Livermore Falls was injured when he ran into the roadway in the 500 block of Park Street and struck the side of the cruiser, according to a news […]
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Minivan hits boy on bike in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A boy of unknown age was hit by a car Sunday night while riding his bike across a pedestrian walkway. The boy was riding down Bates Street at the same time a red Mitsubishi minivan was driving down Birch Street and turning right onto Bates. The boy and the vehicle collided just before […]
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Farmington police believe Wilton woman killed in accident
FARMINGTON — Police tentatively identified a Wilton woman on Saturday as the female who was hit by a vehicle and killed while she walking on Wilton Road early Friday, Police Chief Jack Peck Jr. stated in a release. Police tentatively identified the woman hit by a vehicle on Wilton Road early New Year’s day as […]
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Four-hour Lisbon Street death scene prompts concern in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The nearly four-hour death scene involving a woman on Lisbon Street early Monday morning has city officials and emergency responders contemplating what they might do to more quickly move a dead person’s body from a public place. Lewiston’s fire and police chiefs said Tuesday they were reviewing various protocols and discussing with the local […]
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Webber Social Club: Friends remember Norm Rivard
LEWISTON — For 40 years, Norman Rivard walked back and forth across Lisbon Street. He walked to the Webber Social Club at 5 p.m., and walked back home an hour or so later for dinner. Rivard, 86, was struck and killed by a car Wednesday on his way to the club. A night later, his […]
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Police investigate pedestrian accident
LEWISTON — A local man was hospitalized Friday night after he was struck by a car while walking on Lisbon Street. Police said the man appeared to have suffered bruised ribs and possibly a broken jaw after he was struck at about 7 p.m. on Lisbon Street near Androscoggin Avenue. Witnesses reported seeing the man […]
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Bill seeks to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists by toughening Maine’s crosswalk, roadway law
BREWER — A well-known Brewer barber who was struck and killed by a car in December while walking in a crosswalk in front of his business is the last recorded pedestrian death in Maine for 2014. Because one of every four people hit by cars every year in Maine is hit in a crosswalk, Sen. […]
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Former Mexico man dies in Bangor
BANGOR — A former Mexico man who was struck by a vehicle on Hammond Street earlier this week has died, Bangor police said Friday. Timothy Gotto, 55, died of his injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, according to Bangor police Sgt. Tim Cotton. Gotto had been staying in the Bangor area, Cotton […]