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Truck hit bicyclist from behind in Lisbon fatal

Sgt. Harry Moore said Friday that Joseph Lamothe, 34, who was riding the bicycle, and Henry Raymond Jr., 52, who was driving the truck, were both eastbound in the area of 173 Lisbon Road when the collision occurred. Both men are from Lisbon. No charges have been filed, Moore said. Witnesses to the incident are […]

Posted inMaine

Widow and mother seeks to settle suit over fatal Route 202 crash

AUGUSTA — Susan Cloutier isn’t looking for sympathy or pity, but she does want to be fairly compensated for the death of her husband and son. Cloutier, of Winthrop, who lost her husband, Ghislain “Gus” Cloutier, and her older son, Casey, in a Route 202 car crash in December 2014, stood before the Legislature’s Veterans […]

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Mexico police say 95-year-old woman killed in Route 2 crash

MEXICO — The local woman killed in a three-vehicle crash on Route 2 Wednesday was identified by police Thursday as Rita Burke, 94. According to Police Chief Roy Hodsdon, James Burke, 69, of South Paris was driving east with Rita Burke in a 2007 Toyota car that stopped to make a left turn. A 2006 Toyota […]

Posted inFranklin

Police: Jay driver killed in accident was drunk

JAY — A driver who died in a two-vehicle collision Jan. 14 on Route 140 had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal threshold, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. Toxicology results showed that Tina Dolloff, 45, of Jay had a blood-alcohol content of  0.25 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. Dolloff was found […]

Posted inFranklin

Jay woman dies, two teenagers injured in Jay head-on collision

JAY — A local woman was killed when her vehicle and another collided head-on on Route 140, also known as Intervale Road, on Thursday afternoon. When police arrived they found Tina Dolloff, 45, of Jay, unresponsive in her vehicle, Detective Michael Mejia said in a news release Thursday night. Police initiated CPR and attached an […]

Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn

Police seek ID of pedestrian killed in Farmington

FARMINGTON — Police are trying to identify a woman who was struck and killed while walking east on Wilton Road near Franklin Memorial Hospital early Friday morning, Police Chief Jack Peck Jr. said in a news release. Police charged 25-year-old Tommy Clark of Industry with felony aggravated operating under the influence of alcohol and impounded […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine

Four-hour Lisbon Street death scene prompts concern in Lewiston

LEWISTON — The nearly four-hour death scene involving a woman on Lisbon Street early Monday morning has city officials and emergency responders contemplating what they might do to more quickly move a dead person’s body from a public place. Lewiston’s fire and police chiefs said Tuesday they were reviewing various protocols and discussing with the local […]

Posted inFranklin

Massachusetts man dies in New Vineyard accident

NEW VINEYARD — A Massachusetts man died Sunday night when his car went off Route 27, rolled over and crashed into a stonewall and trees, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said in a release Monday. Jonathan Daellenbach, 29, of Reading, Mass., died at the scene, Nichols said. Daellenbach had family in the area. Franklin […]