UNION (AP) — Police say a Jefferson man has died after losing control of his vehicle on Route 17 in Jefferson. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department says it appears as if 37-year-old Chris LaFrance lost control of his SUV while traveling east at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle clipped the end of a guard […]
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One dead in Peru crash on Route 108
PERU — A local woman was killed Friday morning when her station wagon and a logging truck collided on Route 108. Jane Jacques, 37, of Peru was pronounced dead at the scene, Deputy Josh Wyman of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said. Police received a report of the accident involving a Kelly Co. logging truck […]
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Teen dies in collision with logging truck in Washington County
TOPSFIELD (AP) — Police say a crash involving a car and an empty logging truck has claimed the life of an 18-year-old high school student. WZON radio reported Dylan Porter of Brookton died early Wednesday morning in the crash on Route 1. The driver of the logging truck, 39-year-old Kevin Lagse of New Brunswick, was […]
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Police say Poland man’s slaying appears similar to earlier shooting
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police investigating the shooting death of a Maine man along an interstate highway in Pennsylvania said Tuesday they are scrutinizing a similar shooting that happened eight hours earlier and about 30 miles away. State police said there are similarities between the shooting that took the life of 28-year-old Timothy Davison a few miles […]
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Hampden man killed in single-car crash on I-95
HERMON — A 47-year-old Hampden man was killed Monday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 95. Thomas Ellingwood was the only person in the vehicle, a silver 2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser, Trooper Michael Johnston of the Maine State Police said in a news release issued Monday evening. According to Johnston, the accident happened about […]
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Topsham man dies in 2nd fatal crash on same stretch of Route 196 in 8 days
TOPSHAM — A Topsham man died Monday night in a head-on collision on Route 196 near Dewey Drive. The incident occurred about 100 yards from the site of a Dec. 9 fatal crash. Police have not yet released the name of the Topsham man who died. His 1999 Ford Ranger was headed toward Topsham when […]
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Starks man dies in Fairfield crash
FAIRFIELD (AP) — Police said one man was killed and second man was hospitalized after a head-on crash in Fairfield. Police said 67-year-old James Murphy of Starks was headed north on Norridgewock Road on Wednesday night when a southbound pickup truck crossed the center line and hit Murphy’s car head-on. Sgt. Matthew Bard told the […]
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Biddeford man indicted in bicyclist’s death
BIDDEFORD (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a Biddeford man authorities say was drunk when his pickup truck struck a family riding their bicycles, killing the dad. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/17cqShJ ) reported that David Labonte was indicted Thursday on charges including manslaughter and drunken driving. Police said the 56-year-old Labonte drove into […]
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Orono man dies after rear-ending school bus in Augusta
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police say the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a school bus in Augusta has died, but no one on the bus was hurt. Police Lt. Christopher Massey says the truck driven by 60-year-old Herbert LeBreton, of Orono, struck the rear of the bus at about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday and got […]
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Sabattus woman killed in Thursday-morning crash
SABATTUS — Police are investigating a 5 a.m. car crash on Middle Road that left a Sabattus woman dead Thursday morning. Police Chief Anthony Ward said in a statement that Tracy Richard, 38, was killed after a 2002 Chevrolet SUV driven by Felicia Hinkley of Sabattus crossed the centerline and hit Richard’s 2003 Oldsmobile sedan traveling […]