OXFORD — An Oxford man was killed Friday night while driving his motorcycle on Whittemore Road, Oxford Police Sgt. Rickie Jack said. Eric MacDonald, 25, was driving a Honda Shadow when his bike crashed on the side of the road, the officer said. The accident is still under investigation. “What I will say is that […]
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Three die in plane crash in Greenville
Three people died Monday in a small plane crash in Piscataquis County. The twin-propeller plane crashed shortly before noon at the Greenville Municipal Airport. Department of Public Safety Spokesman Stephen McCausland confirmed three fatalities according to News Center Maine (WCSH/WLBZ). The Federal Aviation Administration provided a statement to News Center Maine saying it would investigate […]
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Freeman man dies in motorcycle crash
FREEMAN TOWNSHIP — A local man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Flint York, 56, was traveling north on his 2005 Harley-Davidson on West Freeman Road at 4:26 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a corner and ran off the west side […]
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Rumford driver charged in fatal Weld crash
FARMINGTON — A Rumford teen was drunk and speeding when he crashed his car in Weld on May 31, killing a Dixfield man, according to Maine State Police. Ethyn Eric Buotte, 18, formerly of Dixfield, was arrested at his home Monday by state police Trooper Reid Bond on a felony charge of aggravated operating under […]
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Strong man dies, two others injured in Kingfield crash
KINGFIELD — A man from Strong died Sunday night after he was ejected from a car that went off West Kingfield Road and struck trees, according to a Franklin County Sheriff’s Office release. Nicholas Shurtleff, 25, one of three passengers ejected from the vehicle, died at the scene, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. wrote in the […]
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Springvale man, Sanford woman killed when car goes airborne, hits tree
A Springvale man and a Sanford woman were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Sanford Sunday night, according to a statement from the Sanford Police Department. Police say the driver, Blake Deslauriers, 20, and a passenger, Danielle Harrison, 37, were killed in the crash at about 9:15 p.m. A preliminary investigation found that Deslauriers was […]
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Mother says ‘we’re very thankful to be alive’ after fire kills her uncle
LIVERMORE FALLS — A police officer and family helped save the lives Tuesday night of two brothers who jumped from a burning three-story house on Main Street. The fire claimed the life of Peter Dyer, 65, who lived on the first floor, officials said. Dyer’s niece, Amy Mosher, 35, said Wednesday that she and her […]
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Canadian motorcyclist killed in Casco accident
CASCO — A motorcycle rider from Canada was killed Sunday evening when his bike left the roadway and crashed in a wooded area of Casco. Capt. Craig C. Smith of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Gaetan Charest, 66, of Quebec. Charest was operating a 2018 Harley Electra Glide with a group […]
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Man killed in single car crash in Brownfield Friday
BROWNFIELD — Police from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal motor vehicle rollover crash that occurred on Route 5/113 and Pequawket Trail Friday night. The crash was reported at about 5:36 p.m. The male driver of the sedan was killed in the crash. There were no other passengers and no one else […]
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Man dies in Sanford house fire
SANFORD — A 53-year-old Sanford man died Sunday morning in a fire that destroyed his home, an attached garage, and two sheds, a spokesman for the State Fire Marshal’s Office said. Maine Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said Sunday evening that investigators are confident that Charles Kerrigan died in the fire at 234 Deering Neighborhood […]