STANDISH — Authorities say a woman whose car was struck by a fully-loaded logging truck in Maine has suffered serious injuries. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says 72-year-old Helen Dobosz of Seekonk, Mass., was driving through an intersection in Standish around 4:30 p.m. Friday when her car was hit on the passenger side by the […]
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Rumford man’s condition improves
PERU — A Rumford man who was injured in a car rollover Tuesday night was in serious conditon at Central Maine Medical Center on Thursday night, a nursing supervisor said. Jesse Bates, 22, of Rumford suffered injuries to his head, chest, abdomen and legs when he was pinned underneath the Dodge Stratus driven by 18-year-old […]
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Bethel, Rumford women injured in near head-on collision on Route 2 in Rumford
RUMFORD — Two area women were taken to Rumford Hospital on Tuesday morning following a near head-on collision on Route 2. Injuries sustained by Judith Delaney, 60, of Bethel, and Brenda Vlahakis, 60, of Rumford, were not believed to be life-threatening, Rumford police Cpl. Donald Miller said late Tuesday afternoon. Miller said Delaney was driving […]
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Vermont woman killed in Bethel accident on Sunday
BETHEL — Police on Monday identified the woman killed in a multicar accident on Route 2 on Sunday afternoon as Arlene Shepler, 60, of Randolph, Vt. Shepler was killed instantly after her 2006 Audi collided with two vehicles, Oxford County Sheriff Wayne Gallant said. Shepler was traveling east with her husband, David Shepler. Their car […]
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Three dead in car, RV crash in southwest New Hampshire
STODDARD, N.H. — State Police say three people are dead after a sedan crossed into oncoming traffic on Route 9 in southwestern New Hampshire and smashed into an RV. State Police say in a press release that a Honda Accord was traveling westbound near Stoddard at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday when it crossed into the […]
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Peru woman dies in ‘tragic, tragic’ accident: Mother backs over her
PERU — A local woman was killed Thursday morning when her mother accidentally ran over the woman while backing up a car. Lt. Brian Landis of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said Linda White, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her mother, Maxine Brown, 77, ran her over in the driveway of their residence […]
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Trucker awake for more than 24 hours before crash that killed one, injured one
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours before the accident, authorities said Monday as Morgan recovered in a hospital. Wal-Mart trucker Kevin Roper is expected to appear in state court Wednesday. It was unclear […]
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Comedian injured in fatal crash; trucker charged
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan remained hospitalized as state and federal officials continued their investigation of a six-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that took the life of a Morgan friend and left two others seriously injured, authorities say. Morgan, 45, was in critical condition and his family arrived to […]
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Winthrop woman faces charges in fatal crash
WATERVILLE — A Winthrop woman charged with causing a fatal traffic crash in Monmouth in March has pleaded not guilty. Alyssa Danielle Marcellino was ordered held on $20,000 bail at her arraignment on Wednesday. The reports that the 23-year-old Marcellino is facing eight charges, including causing serious bodily injury while driving with a suspended license. […]
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1 dead, 3 hurt in Stockton Springs crash
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Police say one person has died and three others have been hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Stockton Springs. The victim of the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 1 was identified by authorities as 79-year-old Philip Grindle. He was the driver of one of the vehicles and was […]