CARTHAGE — An elderly Peru woman was rescued from her overturned Jeep in Basin Brook off Route 142 on Tuesday night. Maine State Police Trooper Keith Barton declined to identify the 88-year-old woman, citing the potential severity of her injuries to her chest and back. She was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to Rumford Hospital. Barton […]
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N.H. man dies in Bethel ATV rollover
BETHEL (AP) — Authorities say one man is dead after an all-terrain vehicle rolled over in Bethel. The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office says the victim of the accident at about 2 p.m. Sunday was a 42-year-old man from New Hampshire, but authorities did not immediately make his name public. He was not wearing a helmet. […]
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Man airlifted to hospital after rollover in Rumford
RUMFORD — A seriously injured Milton Township man was airlifted to a Lewiston hospital Saturday morning after the sport utility vehicle he was driving rolled over into woods off Route 232, police said. John Webb, 55, suffered injuries to his upper body, Rumford police Sgt. James Bernard said on scene. Webb was taken by LifeFlight […]
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Bethel driver injured in Rumford rollover remains in critical condition
RUMFORD — A Bethel man seriously injured in a multiple rollover accident in a small field off Route 232 late Wednesday night remains hospitalized in Lewiston. Kasey Downs, 24, was listed in critical condition Thursday night, a Central Maine Medical Center spokeswoman said. Downs suffered life-threatening injuries shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday when he lost […]
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Driver suffers life-threatening injuries in Rumford rollover
RUMFORD — A Bethel man was in critical condition at a Lewiston hospital late Wednesday night after his pickup truck rolled over several times off Route 232, Rumford police Cpl. Lawrence Winson said. Kasey Downs, 24, was airlifted to Central Maine Medical Center from a field near the accident scene by a LifeFlight medical helicopter, […]
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Driver injured in Oxford Casino accident
OXFORD — A Portland man cut his arm when his vehicle flipped onto its side in the Oxford Casino driveway next to Route 26 on Tuesday, police said. According to Oxford police officer Bryce Mason, Michael Colerick, 70, was leaving the parking lot around 4:30 p.m. when he reached for a pair of glasses, jerked […]
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Former cell tower opponent files complaint against Otisfield
OTISFIELD — A former plaintiff in the yearlong Scribner Hill communications tower controversy has filed a complaint, charging the town government’s misrepresentation of her jeopardizes her safety in Otisfield. Kristen Roy, a Scribner Hill resident, filed a formal complaint with selectmen April 17, saying she was mistreated in the Town Office by staff, who alleged […]
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Rumford cab driver killed in Mexico rollover
MEXICO — A Rumford cab driver was killed early Wednesday morning after the car he was driving flipped over an embankment and caught fire, Mexico police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Gary McGuire, 62, an employee of Mountain Valley Taxi Service in Mexico, was traveling west on Route 2 at approximately 1 a.m. when the 2009 […]
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Woman taken to hospital after car rolls over in Newry
NEWRY — A woman was taken to Rumford Hospital on Tuesday evening after the vehicle she was driving hit a patch of ice and rolled over, Newry fire Chief Bruce Pierce said. Pierce said the woman, whose name was not released, was driving an SUV around a corner near Quartino’s Restaurant on Skiway Drive when […]