car accident
Three die in Friday crashes in Vassalboro, Waldoboro
VASSALBORO (AP) — Police are investigating two fatal crashes in Vassalboro and Waldoboro that have killed three people. Waldoboro police are investigating a crash on U.S. 1 that killed two people in the commercial section of the town on Friday. State Police also say a woman died in a one-car crash in Vassalboro after her […]
Victim identified in fatal Vassalboro car accident
VASSALBORO — State police have identified the victim of the fatal car crash in Vassalboro Friday as 18-year-old Aundria St. Amand of South China. Amand died yesterday when her vehicle went off Stone Road on a corner and hit a tree. Police are still investigating why the vehicle left the road. Two people also died Friday […]
Woman taken to hospital after car rolls over in Newry
NEWRY — A woman was taken to Rumford Hospital on Tuesday evening after the vehicle she was driving hit a patch of ice and rolled over, Newry fire Chief Bruce Pierce said. Pierce said the woman, whose name was not released, was driving an SUV around a corner near Quartino’s Restaurant on Skiway Drive when […]
Speed, icy conditions lead to crash in Oxford
OXFORD — Five people were taken to local hospitals after a serious traffic accident on Route 121 on Sunday afternoon. Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward said excessive speed and icy conditions caused the head-on crash. Police were forced to close a section of Route 121 for almost two hours to extricate people from their vehicles and […]
Car sends refrigerator flying when it crashes into Norway apartment
NORWAY — No one was injured when a car plowed through an apartment building on Beal Street early Wednesday morning. The impact threw a refrigerator and other items across a room. Police Chief Rob Federico said a Dodge Durango driven by Christopher Morris, 34, of Norway drove into the building at 14 Beal St. He […]
East Machias driver arrested after Rumford car crash
RUMFORD — An East Machias man was arrested early Monday morning after his vehicle went off Route 232 and smashed into a tree, Rumford police Sgt. Doug Maifeld said. Michael Ford, 30, of was charged with operating under the influence, operating after suspension, driving with an expired license and criminal mischief, Maifeld said. Ford and his […]
Car with Mexico woman inside rolls backward through traffic, hits utility pole
MEXICO — Police responded Sunday to an accident on Route 2 involving a Mexico woman who backed her vehicle into oncoming traffic before crashing into a utility pole. According to Patrolman Travis R. Luce, Dorothy Fontaine, 91, of Mexico was sitting in the passenger seat of a 1994 Chevrolet car parked in front of the […]
Rumford resident charged with leaving scene of crash
MEXICO — A Rumford man is charged with leaving the scene of a crash on Swift River Road early Sunday morning, according to Lt. Roy Hodsdon of the Mexico Police Department. Matthew Lloyd, 22, of Rumford was charged Sunday morning and given a date of Nov. 5 to appear in 11th District Court in Rumford. […]