Eric Campbell, left, listens to the judge during Campbell’s initial appearance at 8th District Court in Lewiston on Friday. He is charged with driving to endanger and leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury or death. At right is attorney Ed Rabasco. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) LEWISTON — A Norway […]
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Child loses leg in gravel pit accident in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — A 4-year-old boy had his leg severed by the bucket on a front-end loader operated by his grandfather Monday, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Tuesday. Adam Mattson of New Vineyard was being treated at a Boston hospital, Nichols said. According to a GoFundMe page set up by family friend Jessica […]
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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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Massachusetts teen injured in Rangeley crash makes gains
The mother of a Massachusetts teenager critically injured in an accident on Route 4 in Rangeley on June 1 said her daughter is doing well but has a long way to go for a complete recovery. Janessa Gordon, 18, of Melrose, Mass., was a front-seat passenger in a car when the driver lost control and […]
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Crash victim from Massachusetts improving in Boston hospital
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts teenager critically injured in a June 1 accident on Route 4 is listed in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, a spokeswoman at the Boston hospital said Wednesday. Janessa Gordon, 18, of Melrose, Mass., is in an intensive care unit. Gordon was flown from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Her […]
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Massachusetts teen critically injured in Rangeley rollover
Teens’ tweets give a glimpse into circumstances preceding Rangeley crash: The Sunday evening accident that critically injured a Massachusetts teenager was preceded by Twitter postings. RANGELEY — A Massachusetts teenager in Maine for a graduation celebration was critically injured Sunday night when the car she was a passenger in rolled over at the bottom of Dodge […]
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Many U.S. bridges old, risky and rundown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorists coming off the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge into Washington are treated to a postcard-perfect view of the U.S. Capitol. The bridge itself, however, is about as ugly as it gets: The steel underpinnings have thinned since the structure was built in 1950, and the span is pocked with rust and crumbling […]
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Woman keeps moving in the face of critical injuries
CANTON — Grace Judd’s grandson remembers holding her hand, kneeling beside her hospital bed and telling her if she had anything left in her to fight for her life. It was the fifth or sixth time she had been taken off a ventilator, James Cloutier Jr., 20, of Dixfield said. The family had been told […]