UPDATE: Jury finds driver not guilty in fatal haunted hayride accident Fatal haunted hayride: jury finds driver David Brown not guilty of reckless conduct after 2 1/2 hours of deliberation.@sunjournal — Christopher Williams (@cwilliamsSJ) September 27, 2016 Fatal hayride trial: jury begins deliberations in reckless conduct charge against driver, David Brown of South Paris. @sunjournal — […]
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Haunted hayride worker: Driver said brakes were ‘soft’
BATH — A woman who worked at Harvest Hill Farm the night of a fatal haunted hayride two years ago testified Friday that the driver of the Jeep pulling the flatbed trailer that crashed into trees had told her the brakes were “soft.” Keri Dekastrozza was called to the witness stand in Sagadahoc County Superior […]
State fire marshal will testify at fatal haunted hayride trial
AUBURN — Maine’s fire marshal is set to testify at the trial of the driver of a Jeep involved in a fatal haunted hayride crash in Mechanic Falls two years ago. Joseph E. Thomas, top administrator at the Office of the State Fire Marshal, appeared at a pretrial hearing Tuesday in Androscoggin County Superior Court […]
Haunted hayride driver nears trial
AUBURN — Prosecutors aim to block Maine’s fire marshal from testifying at a criminal trial this week involving the driver of a Jeep involved in a fatal haunted hayride crash in Mechanic Falls two years ago. David Brown, 56, of South Paris is seeking to have the top administrator of the Office of the State […]
Defendants charged in fatal hayride expected in court
AUBURN — Three defendants charged in a fatal haunted hayride in Mechanic Falls in October are expected to appear in court at the end of July to enter pleas. Indicted last week by an Androscoggin County grand jury and charged criminally were: * David Brown, 55, of Paris, reckless conduct; * Phillip Theberge, 38, of […]
Hayride driver hospitalized after mistakenly indicted for manslaughter
PARIS — After the District Attorney’s Office announced a felony manslaughter indictment against David Brown on Wednesday, he was hospitalized and remained there for most of the day Thursday, according to his brothers, although they did not disclose why he went to the hospital. The brothers, Peter and Chuck Brown, were working on renovations at […]