FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced a New Portland woman Monday to serve 90 days for giving a false report to police after a local woman was killed by a car Jan. 1, 2016. Taylor Gaboury, 21, was walking on Routes 2 and 4, nearly across from the entrance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, when she […]
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New Portland woman pleads guilty in fatal accident
FARMINGTON — A New Portland woman pleaded guilty Friday to filing a false public report in a vehicle-pedestrian accident that claimed the life of a Wilton woman in 2016, according to a Franklin County court document. Taylor Gaboury, 21, of Wilton was walking along Routes 2 and 4 early Jan. 1, 2016, when she was […]
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New Hampshire motorcyclist dies in crash with Jeep in Wilton
WILTON — Kayte Rackliffe said she was taking care of a customer Friday at about 11:07 a.m. at her business, Snippers, on McCrillis Corner Road when she heard a noise, looked out the window and saw an accident. Police investigated and reconstructed a fatal motorcycle accident at the intersection of McCrillis Corner Road and Route 133. […]
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Police responding to head-on accident in Brownfield
BROWNFIELD — Rescue and police personnel are responding to a report of a serious two-car accident on Pequawket Trail, which is Route 113 along the edge of the Maine border. According to dispatch reports there are multiple victims. A portion of that road will be shut down to accommodate responders. This story will be updated.
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Crews investigate head-on crash that killed 13 in Texas
In this aerial image made from a video provided by KABB/WOAI authorities respond to a deadly crash involving a van carrying church members and a pickup truck on U.S. 83 outside Garner State Park in northern Uvalde County, Texas, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. The group of senior adults from First Baptist Church of New Braunfels, […]
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No charges to be filed against Livermore Falls officer in fatal crash
LIVERMORE FALLS — State prosecutors will not seek charges against a local police officer involved in a fatal collision with a pedestrian. Officer Troy Reed was driving a police cruiser Oct. 28, 2016, when Joseph Slaver Jr., 23, of Livermore Falls ran into the road and collided with the vehicle. He died Oct. 31. According […]
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Woman killed after snowmobile crashes into trees in Somerset County
PARLIN POND TWP. (AP) — Authorities say a Massachusetts woman died after her snowmobile drifted and crashed into several trees while crossing a trail on a Maine pond. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said 45-year-old Karen L. Pillman, of Wilmington, was leading a group of snowmobilers crossing a connector trail on Parlin Pond […]
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Pedestrian safety report to go to Lewiston City Council
LEWISTON — Following three pedestrian deaths over the span of a year, a report outlining the most accident-prone intersections of the city — and possible fixes — will be presented to the City Council at 6 p.m. Tuesday. In November 2016, dozens of residents packed the council chambers for a community forum in response to […]
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Dixfield man dies in Carthage snowmobile crash
Maine Game Warden A Dixfield man died in a 1 p.m. snowmobile wreck Friday in Carthage. CARTHAGE — The eighth snowmobile fatality of the season claimed the life of a Dixfield man who crashed while riding near Carthage Road on Friday. The Maine Warden Service said Thomas Henderson, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene […]