The cable car hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below.
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Son of RSU 16 athletic director dies in Route 202 crash
WINTHROP — The son of the athletic director for Regional School Unit 16 in Poland was killed in a crash on Route 202 on Wednesday, police said. Police said Connor King, 24, died after a truck driven by his father, Donald King, 51, collided with a flatbed wrecker shortly before noon. Donald King was flown […]
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Wrong name
A story that appeared in the City edition of the Sun Journal on Wednesday, Sept. 20, should have identified the witness to an accident on Washington Street in Auburn as Garrett Whelan of Lewiston. It was a reporting error.
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Man killed in I-295 crash
Police investigate a fatal crash Tuesday night on Interstate 295 near Exit 10 in Falmouth. FALMOUTH — A man in his 30s died when his car was struck from behind on I-295 Tuesday evening, according to a news release from Maine State Police. Troopers say a motorist rear-ended a car, killing the driver, after traffic […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills
Route 26 in Oxford closed due to severe accident
OXFORD — Police and fire officials in Oxford closed part of Route 26 late Tuesday night after a collision between a car and a pedestrian. Route 26 was closed from its intersection with Route 121, also known as Mechanic Falls Road, and Rabbit Run Road, just south of the Oxford Casino. Oxford police and Oxford […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Police say speed, alcohol involved in fatal Waterford crash
WATERFORD — Police said Thursday that speed and alcohol were factors behind a single-vehicle crash that left one woman dead near the Papoose Pond Campground on Hunts Corner Road on Wednesday evening. Her identity had not been released because next of kin were being notified. Oxford County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Hart Daley said police […]
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Fort Kent man killed attempting to fell tree at his home
FORT KENT, Maine — A 62-year-old man was killed attempting to bring down a tree at his home Friday afternoon, according to Fort Kent Police Chief Tom Pelletier. Lowell Guerrette of Fort Kent was attempting to pull down a large tree at his 8 Spring Street residence by attaching a cable to it from his […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Franklin
RSU 73 director dies after propane truck lands on her vehicle in Fayette
FAYETTE — A Livermore woman, who died Monday morning after a propane truck struck and crushed her car on Route 17, is being remembered as a devoted wife and mother and dedicated school board member. Diane Gould, 45, was extricated from her Subaru but died while being taken to a hospital, Maj. Ryan Reardon of […]
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Waldoboro driver dies in Warren two-car crash
WARREN — A 71-year-old Waldoboro man died at the scene of a Friday night crash. Knox County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Reggie Walker said that the man was driving a 2007 Versa east on Old Augusta Road and went through a stop sign at the intersection of Route 235, also known as Ridge Road. His compact […]
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Tracy Morgan sues Wal-Mart for crash that killed 1
TRENTON, N.J. — Tracy Morgan has sued Wal-Mart over last month’s highway crash that seriously injured him and killed a fellow comedian. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, claims Wal-Mart was negligent when a driver of one of its tractor-trailers rammed into Morgan’s limousine van. The complaint claims the retail […]