UNITY TOWNSHIP (AP) — Police say a dog that apparently jumped into the lap of a driver caused a fatal head-on crash in Unity Township earlier this week. Kennebec County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ryan Reardon said a pickup truck driven by 29-year-old Tyler Brackett of Unity was headed west on Route 139 on Monday afternoon […]
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Woman dies in head-on crash in Unity Township
UNITY TOWNSHIP (AP) — Police said a 59-year-old woman has been killed in a head-on crash in Unity Township. A car driven by the woman collided with a pickup truck on Route 139 at about 2:30 p.m. Monday. The truck rolled over and both vehicles ended up in woods. Two passengers in the woman’s car […]
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R.I. man gets 3 years in prison in fatal Biddeford crash
ALFRED (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to driving drunk and causing a crash in Maine that killed his passenger. Christopher Bennett of Johnston, R.I., was sentenced Thursday in York County Superior Court after pleading guilty to manslaughter and operating under the […]
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One dead after single-vehicle crash in Windsor
WINDSOR — One person is dead in a single-vehicle accident in Kennebec County on Wednesday morning, according to police. The accident occurred in Windsor at the intersection of Routes 32 and 17 at approximately 4 a.m., Kennebec County Sheriff Randall Liberty said. Liberty said the vehicle, believed to be a Chevy Blazer which had only […]
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Police arrest Houlton man after shooting, fires in Oakfield area
OAKFIELD — Police have taken into custody a Houlton man believed involved in a shooting, the death of two people and an outbreak of fires early Monday morning in Oakfield and neighboring Island Falls. Following a manhunt, Matthew Davis, 32, was found at about 10:45 when troopers located him in a stolen motor vehicle on […]
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Waterboro man dies in Limerick car crash
LIMERICK (AP) — Authorities said a 22-year-old Waterboro man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Limerick. A spokesman for the York County Sheriff’s Office said an investigation shows that Barrett Sinnett was driving at a high rate of speed at about 11 p.m. Tuesday when his car left Route 60 and struck a utility […]
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Man, 84, dies when struck by dump truck in Starks
STARKS (AP) — Police say the 84-year-old Anson man struck and killed by a dump truck as he walked along the side of a Starks road had apparently stopped to pick up bottles. Dale Lancaster, chief deputy of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department, said Walter Cowan stopped his vehicle on the southbound side Route 43 […]
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Augusta cyclist struck by car last month dies
AUGUSTA (AP) — Police said a bicyclist injured in a collision with a vehicle in Augusta late last month has died. Authorities said 20-year-old Terrance Ladd died on Saturday. Police said that on Aug. 30 Ladd collided with a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Leona Peaslee who was driving north on Northern Avenue and trying to […]
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Suspect in fatal Belfast shooting found at Rockport hospital
BELFAST — A former tax examiner has been formally charged with murder after he fatally shot a woman and injured her son Wednesday night, according to police. Police identified the woman killed at a Waldo Avenue home in Belfast as 55-year-old Lynn Arsenault of Belfast and Garland. Her son, Mathew Day, 22, also was found […]
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Arizona man dies in I-95 crash in Medway
MEDWAY (AP) — Police say an Arizona man has died in a single-car crash on a rural eastern Maine highway. Police said 85-year-old Paul Benn from Phoenix was traveling north on Interstate 95 in Medway at about 10:30 a.m. Monday when a witness driving behind him saw his car drift onto the rumble strip. Benn […]