Livermore Falls police are asking that anyone who saw a vehicle hit a utility pole on lower Park Street/Route 133 on Wednesday afternoon to call them at 897-3424. A large chunk was taken out of the pole, possibly about 4 p.m., Sgt.Vernon Stevens said Thursday. Nearly 2,000 Central Maine Power customers in Jay, Livermore and […]
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Farmington teen OK after car strikes pole in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — A Farmington teenager swerved his car to avoid a deer on Route 27 on Thursday night and struck a utility pole, according to police. Logan Hader, 17, was driving a 2002 Subaru Forester south at 9:15 p.m. when a deer ran out in front of him and he swerved to miss it, […]
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Slippery road causes accident in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A Hartford woman was injured when the vehicle she was riding in slid through a stop sign and into a pole on the Knowlton Corner Road Monday afternoon. Angela Malchisky, 25, complained of neck and back pain and was transported by NorthStar ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington police officer Michael Lyman said. […]
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Man charged when truck hits pole
NEW VINEYARD — A New Portland man was charged late Saturday evening after his pickup truck hit a utility pole on Route 27 near Maine Wood Turning Inc. Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Sandy Burke issued Walker Fleming, 33, a summons charging operating under the influence, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Monday. Burke responded to the […]
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Utility pole falls on roof of Windham police car
WINDHAM (AP) — A police car is in need of repair in Maine after a utility pole fell onto its roof. Windham police said a tractor-trailer was traveling on Route 302 at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when it snagged an overhead steel wire, breaking two utility poles. One of the poles landed on the roof of […]