RUMFORD — A man was killed in an accident at the NewPage mill Monday afternoon, according to mill spokesman Tony Lyons. As of 4:30 p.m., the Rumford Police Department remained on scene, while the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified about the fatality. The man’s identity had not been released. Lyons said the accident […]
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Trucker awake for more than 24 hours before crash that killed one, injured one
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A truck driver accused of triggering a highway crash that injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian hadn’t slept for more than 24 hours before the accident, authorities said Monday as Morgan recovered in a hospital. Wal-Mart trucker Kevin Roper is expected to appear in state court Wednesday. It was unclear […]
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Westbrook man dies in Allagash motorcycle crash
ALLAGASH — Police say a Westbrook man has died in a weekend motorcycle crash in Allagash. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Dana Watts was headed east on Route 161 just before 6 p.m. Saturday when he failed to negotiate a corner and lost control. The motorcycle left the road and Watts sustained fatal […]
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Leavitt student killed in hit and run
PARIS — A Leavitt Area High School student died Saturday night after the vehicle that struck him fled the scene. In a Paris Police Department release posted Sunday by the Bangor Daily News, Xavier Fuentes of Turner was walking on the Buckfield Road in South Paris around 8:30 p.m. when he was struck by a […]
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Canadian police say snake strangled sleeping boys
CAMPBELLTON, New Brunswick — A python escaped from its enclosure at a pet store in Canada, slithered through a ventilation system into an upstairs apartment and killed two young boys as they slept, police said Monday. The brothers, aged five and seven, were visiting the apartment of a friend above Reptile Ocean Inc., an exotic […]
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Bath man found dead at his home Sunday
BATH — Bath police and the state medical examiner’s office continue to investigate the death of a 39-year-old man whose body was found Sunday afternoon in his Lilac Street home. Joel Theriault of Bath was found by his girlfriend at approximately 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Bath police Lt. Robert Savary said Monday. The couple’s 4-year-old child […]
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State police investigate suspicious death at Detroit home
DETROIT — A man was found dead in a house in Somerset County on Thursday morning, and police are calling it suspicious. Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said the man’s body was found by members of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and Pittsfield police. Lt. Chris Coleman of the Major Crimes Unit said […]