(Update: The woman has been identified as Catherine Gauthier, 36, of Turner.) TURNER — A woman was killed late Thursday after being hit by a vehicle on Route 4. Police, fire and rescue crews were called to an area near Lower Street at about 9 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian who had been struck […]
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Kingfield crash: Farmington grandfather, step-great-grandson in critical condition
FARMINGTON — A grandfather and his step-great-grandson remained in critical condition Wednesday, a day after their car skidded into a tractor-trailer on Route 27 in Kingfield, killing a grandson, officials said. Driver Leroy Gordon, 76, and his step-great-grandson Scott Kidder, 18, both of Farmington, were being treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where […]
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Speed and road conditions may be factors in fatal Cornville crash
CORNVILLE — Speed and poor road conditions are being looked at as contributing factors in a fatal automobile accident that killed a local man and injured two others Sunday morning, police said. Gregory Griffeth, 43, of Skowhegan was pronounced dead at the scene on Shadagee Road, which is also Maine State Route 43, according to […]
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Authorities investigating fatal fire in Oakland
OAKLAND — Authorities are investigating a fire Tuesday night on Sawtelle Road that claimed the life of a person in a camper, the fire chief said. The State Fire Marshal’s Office on Wednesday morning said the man who died is believed to be 46-year-old William Halley. His body has been taken to the State Medical […]
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Oxford man dies after log falls on him at Auburn sand pit
AUBURN — Police said an Oxford man died in a logging accident Monday afternoon at a sand pit on Gracelawn Road. Thomas Staples, 57, died when a log fell from a cherry picker and struck him, Deputy Police Chief Jason Moen said in a news release. Staples was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston […]
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Motorcyclist dies after Saco collision
SACO — Police said a Buxton motorcyclist who was seriously injured in a crash Oct. 3 died Sunday at a Portland hospital. Lee Pratt, 59, a native of Farmington, was involved in a collision with a car driven by 29-year-old Kayla Coniaris of Saco just before 7 p.m. at Buxton and Jenkins roads. The crash […]
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Limo that crashed and killed 20 failed N.Y. safety inspection last month
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a supersized limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people outside an upstate New York country store wasn’t properly licensed, and the limo failed a state safety inspection just last month and shouldn’t have been on the road, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The state ordered the […]
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Man killed in car-moose collision in Medway
MEDWAY — A Winslow man was killed Friday night when the vehicle he was driving hit a moose on Interstate 95 in Medway. Donnie Wilcox, 54, struck the moose while traveling in the southbound lane, two miles south of the Medway exit, state police said in a statement. The impact of the crash threw the […]
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Police: Mother who stepped in front of truck with toddler had left suicide notes
The mother who stepped in front of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 while holding her 2-year-old son had left suicide notes at her home, Maine State Police said. Police are investigating the death of 26-year-old Heidi McGovern, of Lee, as a suicide. McGovern was holding her son, Enoch, when she stepped in front of an Irving […]
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Wilton 20-year-old identified as victim in fatal South Portland crash
South Portland police have identified the Southern Maine Community College students involved in a fatal single-car crash earlier this week. Patrick Donaghue, 20, of Wilton, was a passenger in the car and died as a result of the crash. The driver was William Blanchard, 18, of Gorham. He survived. Police said Blanchard called them around […]