WHITEFIELD (AP) — Police say a 16-year-old youth has died in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Whitefield. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department says the ATV operator tried to pass a car on Howe Road at about 7 p.m. Monday, but the vehicles made contact as the ATV was trying to get back to the right […]
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High-profile crash in New Jersey renews call to maintain trucker rest regulations
A high-profile fatal accident on the New Jersey Turnpike has Maine’s U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and some of the state’s top advocates for trucking safety squaring off in the national spotlight. The crash on June 7 killed comic James McNair, who goes by the stage name Jimmy Mack. Seriously injured in the crash was former […]
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One dead, two injured in Hermon crash
HERMON (AP) — Authorities say one person has been killed and two others seriously hurt in a head-on car crash in Hermon. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said a Jeep SUV eastbound on Route 2 crossed the center line near the Carmel town line at about 5:30 p.m. Monday and struck a Ford sedan. The […]
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Comedian injured in fatal crash; trucker charged
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan remained hospitalized as state and federal officials continued their investigation of a six-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that took the life of a Morgan friend and left two others seriously injured, authorities say. Morgan, 45, was in critical condition and his family arrived to […]
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Elderly woman dies in fire in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Fire officials say a woman has died in a late night fire Tuesday that destroyed her home in Livermore. Dorothy Goding, 83, who lived alone at her early 1880s home on Poland Hill Road, died in the fire, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Spokesman Steve McCausland said the blaze was reported […]
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Westbrook man dies in Allagash motorcycle crash
ALLAGASH (AP) — Police say a Westbrook man has died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Allagash. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Dana Watts was headed east on Route 161 just before 6 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a corner and lost control. The motorcycle left the road and Watts sustained […]
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Winthrop woman faces charges in fatal crash
WATERVILLE — A Winthrop woman charged with causing a fatal traffic crash in Monmouth in March has pleaded not guilty. Alyssa Danielle Marcellino was ordered held on $20,000 bail at her arraignment on Wednesday. The reports that the 23-year-old Marcellino is facing eight charges, including causing serious bodily injury while driving with a suspended license. […]
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One dead, three hurt in Stockton Springs crash
STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — Police say one person has died and three others have been hurt in a three-vehicle crash in Stockton Springs. The victim of the crash at about 3:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Route 1 was identified by authorities as 79-year-old Philip Grindle. He was the driver of one of the vehicles and […]
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Rumford cab driver killed in Mexico rollover
MEXICO — A Rumford cab driver was killed early Wednesday morning after the car he was driving flipped over an embankment and caught fire, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Gary McGuire, 62, an employee of Mountain Valley Taxi Service in Mexico, was traveling west on Route 2 at approximately 1 a.m. when the 2009 […]
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Massachusetts couple dies in Waldoboro car crash
WALDOBORO (AP) — Police in Maine have identified the Massachusetts couple who died in a car crash in Waldoboro last week. Police on Monday said 68-year-old Raymond Thompson and 70-year-old Peggy Aldrich died in a head-on crash on Atlantic Highway on Friday afternoon. The couple lived in the Whitinsville section of Northbridge, Mass. Investigators said […]