VASSALBORO (AP) — Police have identified the two men who died in a head-in crash in Vassalboro. Police said it appears a pickup truck driven by 63-year-old Kenneth Lee drifted into the opposite lane where it collided with a pickup truck driven by 32-year-old Shawn Greenleaf on Route 201 at about 3 p.m. Monday. Greenleaf […]
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Former Brownfield man killed when struck by car in Massachusetts
WEST BROOKFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A 69-year-old man who had recently moved from Maine has been struck and killed by a car while walking across a West Brookfield street. Police say Robert Herrie Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck while crossing Route 9 at about 6:45 p.m. Monday. Herrie was struck […]
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Teen killed on dirt bike is identified
CARTHAGE — The Maine Warden Service on Tuesday released the name of the 15-year-old Carthage boy who was killed Sunday night while riding a dirt bike on Tuesday. Tyla J. Thibodeau had been carrying a coil of rope while riding the small, motorized bike when it got entangled in the rear wheel. The boy became […]
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Carthage: Teenager dies in dirt bike accident
CARTHAGE — A 15-year-old boy died Sunday evening while driving a small, motorized, two-wheel dirt bike, a spokesman for the Maine Warden Service said in a news release Monday. The boy was carrying a coil of rope. While riding the bike, the rope became entangled in the rear wheel, and the boy became entangled in […]
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New Gloucester man dies in ATV crash
NEW GLOUCESTER (AP) — State police said a New Gloucester man has died after the all-terrain vehicle he was operating struck a tree. Police say 32-year-old Brock Thompson pulled out of a dirt driveway and onto the road at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when he lost control and hit the tree. A neighbor heard the […]
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Police say Jesse Sinclair died of accidental gunshot wound
LAMOINE — A local man has died after he accidentally shot himself last weekend, according to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred on Saturday, Aug. 3, at home on Birchlawn Drive, the sheriff’s office indicated Thursday in a prepared release. Jesse Sinclair, 19, was inside the house when he suffered a single gunshot […]
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Biddeford bicyclist dies 3 days after struck by truck
PORTLAND — A Biddeford man who was hit by a pickup truck while bicycling with his family has died of his injuries. Police say 52-year-old Jamerico Elliott died Wednesday at Maine Medical Center in Portland three days after a truck crossed Route 1 in Biddeford and hit Elliott’s bike as he was riding on a […]
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Accidents focus attention on Maine’s golf cart rules
PORTLAND (AP) — Two serious accidents involving golf carts — neither occurring on a golf course — are leading to questions about safety and inspection rules for the vehicles in Maine. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/13zUun7 ) reported that while golf carts must be registered if they’re used on public roads, there are no unified […]
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Single-vehicle crash in Harrison kills South Portland man
HARRISON — A South Portland man was killed in an early morning crash after his car struck a tree, according to Captain Don Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Christopher C. Pierce, 32, was found shortly before 3 a.m. Thursday by a passing motorist near the intersection of Waterford Road and Rolfe Road, Goulet […]
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Police: One dead in Harrison car crash
HARRISON (AP) — Police say one person is dead after an early morning car crash in Harrison. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department tells WMTW-TV (http://bit.ly/144Xhec ) that deputies were called to the intersection of Waterford and Rolfe roads just before 3 a.m. Thursday. They say the driver of a car traveling on Waterford Road apparently […]