ORRINGTON — A 59-year-old motorist was severely injured in a hit-and-run crash late Saturday morning on Route 15 in Orrington, and police say they have found the person whose vehicle slammed into that driver’s SUV. Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Matheson said late Saturday afternoon that authorities tracked down the gold sedan that witnesses reported […]
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Police hunt for 2 who carjacked SUV, killed 3 kids
PHILADELPHIA — Police were searching for two men who carjacked an SUV and plowed into a group of children and adults selling fruit to raise money for their church, killing three kids and critically injuring their mother and the carjacking victim. Another woman was hurt but is in stable condition. The men carjacked a real […]
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Lynn school teacher admits to hit-and-run charges
SALEM, Mass. — A Lynn elementary school teacher has been sentenced to up to three years in jail for striking her estranged husband’s girlfriend with her car, breaking the other woman’s leg. Kimberly Ann English of Swampscott pleaded guilty Wednesday in Salem Superior Court to charges including armed assault to murder for the attack last […]
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Oxford town manager calls for driver to come forward
OXFORD — Town Manager Michael Chammings on Thursday night added his voice to the calls for the driver of the vehicle that killed Xavier Fuentes to come forward. Fuentes, a 16-year-old high school student from Turner, died on Route 117 in Paris on Saturday night after he was struck by a vehicle that left the […]
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Police seek driver who struck and killed teen in Paris Saturday night
PARIS — Police are seeking the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Paris teen Saturday night on the Buckfield Road. Xavier Fuentes of Turner was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway where he was pronounced dead following the hit-and-run that occurred at about 8:30 p.m., according to a news release issued […]
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Cyclist: Driver didn’t see me stuck in windshield
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man who became lodged in the windshield of a car that struck him said he turned to the driver and said, “Hello, I’m the guy you hit on the bicycle.” The driver did not respond, but continued on, running a stop sign and hitting another vehicle before he arrived […]
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Police searching for Jeep in Bangor hit-and-run crash
BANGOR — Maine State Police are searching for a blue Jeep Liberty with front end damage involved in a noontime hit-and-run crash with a 15-passenger van on Interstate 95 near the Kenduskeag Stream, said Trooper Brian Bean. The driver of the van, a 32-year-old Bangor man, said the Jeep hit the van from behind and […]