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Dead River oil truck slides into ditch, rolls in Rangeley

RANGELEY — A Dead River Co. truck loaded with oil slid off Loon Lake Road on Wednesday into a ditch and rolled onto its side, Sgt. Jared Austin said. Driver Joshua Adams of Rangeley got too close to the shoulder of the road and the truck got pulled into the ditch, he said.  Adams was […]

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Police ID woman killed in Farmington collision

FARMINGTON — Police Chief Jack Peck on Wednesday identified the woman killed in a head-on collision Tuesday evening as Tacy Taylor, 59, of Farmington. The reason her 2003 Ford Windstar van crossed the centerline on Farmington Falls Road and collided with a Dead River Co. oil tanker is still under investigation, he said. The 2007 […]

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DEP: Rumford diesel fuel spill estimated at 180 gallons

RUMFORD — A Dead River Co. tanker spilled an estimated 180 gallons of diesel fuel Thursday night in the parking lot of Circle K on Bridge Street after overflowing the underground tank while filling it, a state official said Friday afternoon in Augusta. Karl Wilkins, acting communications director of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, […]