ORLAND (AP) — Police say a 21-year-old man has died in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 1 in Orland, and the weather may have been a factor. Authorities said the victim was headed north just after 4 p.m. Monday when he lost control and his car crossed the center line, colliding head-on with another […]
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One dead in head-on collision on Route 202 in Winthrop
WINTHROP — A 71-year old local man was killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision that shut down Route 202, according to police. Richard Leighton, 71, was heading west in his GMC pickup around 7:30 a.m. when an eastbound SUV driven by Bobbie Reeves, 39, of Winthrop, apparently crossed the center line, Winthrop police Chief […]
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Trucker acquitted of manslaughter in death of Sanford teen
ALFRED (AP) — A trucking company and driver have been acquitted of manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a 15-year-old boy two years ago in Sanford, Maine. The Journal Tribune (http://bit.ly/1gzjnJb ) said Justice John O’Neil issued his verdict Monday following a four-day trial last week. The judge described the condition of the truck […]
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Officers continue investigation into fatal two-vehicle crash in Hanover
HANOVER — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police continued to investigate a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a 58-year-old Mexico man Friday. Initial reports from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office revealed that Arland Burgess Jr., 58, of Mexico was driving his 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo westbound on Main Street […]
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Woman dies in Limington house fire
LIMINGTON — A woman died Monday morning in a fire in Limington. The State Fire Marshal’s office confirmed that a woman, who lived in a farmhouse on North Road near the intersection of Route 25, died in the fire. The home was destroyed. According to a release from Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department […]
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One dead, three hurt in Embden crash
EMBDEN (AP) — Police said a 22-year-old woman was killed and three others injured in a head-on crash in Embden. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department identified the victim as 22-year-old Jennifer Nile of Embden, a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the crash on Route 16 at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Police said […]
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One dead after car crashes into snowplow in Newburgh
NEWBURGH (AP) — Police say one person is dead and another injured after a car collided with a state Transportation Department snowplow in Newburgh. Police said the driver of a car apparently lost control on a slippery hill on Western Avenue at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. It was snowing at the time. Trooper Douglas Franklin […]
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Wiscasset man killed in Woolwich crash
WOOLWICH (AP) — Police said a Wiscasset man was killed and a 17-year-old Boothbay girl seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 1 in Woolwich. Sheriff Joel Merry said a northbound Jeep driven by 45-year-old Walter Crosman struck a Toyota sedan he was trying to pass at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The impact […]
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Man who survived fatal wharf crash ‘disappointed’ in lack of prosecution
PORT CLYDE — Jonathan Coggeshall said he is disappointed that the driver of a car that struck him and members of a Massachusetts family, killing a young boy, will not be prosecuted. “While I am still focused on recovering from my injuries [my family’s] main concern has been for the Gold family and the horrors […]
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Berwick woman injured in house fire dies
BERWICK (AP) — Public safety officials in Maine say a 63-year-old Berwick woman has died from injuries she suffered in a house fire. The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office says Rebecca Galleshaw suffered severe smoke inhalation and was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Friday. Firefighters found her in her bed after they […]