CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The driver of a loaded Poland Spring Water Co. tanker truck was injured when the truck rolled onto the driver’s side Thursday morning on Route 27. Robert Ruby, 43, of Sanford received minor injuries and was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, officer Rick Billian said. […]
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Poland Spring water truck crashes in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — A tanker-truck hauling 8,200 gallons of water swerved to avoid an oncoming car and went off Route 27, hit trees and rolled over early Wednesday, Maine State Police Trooper Reid Bond said. Driver Kevin Couillard, 40, of Gray was not injured in the 1 a.m. crash, Bond said. Couillard maneuvered the tractor-trailer […]
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Tractor-trailer jackknifes on Route 27 in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — An unloaded tractor-trailer truck traveling south on Route 27 lost control coming around a corner and jackknifed on Wednesday morning, Maine State Police Trooper Jed Malcore said. The truck’s cab went into a ditch and the trailer blocked both lanes of travel, he said. The accident reported at 11:35 a.m. closed Route […]
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Livermore Falls woman falls off motorcycle in Wyman Township
WYMAN TOWNSHIP — A Livermore Falls woman lost consciousness briefly Wednesday afternoon when she fell off the rear of a motorcycle and landed on Route 27, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Thursday. Franklin County Deputy Kevin Hartley and Chief Deputy Steven Lowell responded to the crash at about about 3 p.m. A 2012 Kawasaki motorcycle […]
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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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Chandler Woodcock uninjured when his truck hits guardrail in New Sharon
NEW SHARON — The commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife was not injured Tuesday morning, but his new pickup truck was a total loss after it hit a guardrail on Route 27, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Chandler Woodcock, 66, of Farmington, was driving his 2015 Chevrolet Silverado south […]
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Massachusetts man dies in New Vineyard accident
NEW VINEYARD — A Massachusetts man died Sunday night when his car went off Route 27, rolled over and crashed into a stonewall and trees, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said in a release Monday. Jonathan Daellenbach, 29, of Reading, Mass., died at the scene, Nichols said. Daellenbach had family in the area. Franklin […]
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Storms knock down trees in Livermore Falls, Franklin County
LIVERMORE FALLS — A thunder and lightning storm with strong winds knocked down seven trees early Tuesday on a ¾-mile stretch of Campground Road, Deputy Fire Chief Alan Chretien said. One of the trees took down a power line, he said. Central Maine Power Co. workers were on the scene at about 4 a.m. Chretien […]
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Eustis teen charged in 5-vehicle crash in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A 17-year-old Eustis boy accused Wednesday of driving dangerously and causing thousands of dollars in damage was charged with failure to stop for police and damaging five vehicles Wednesday on Routes 4 and 27. Franklin County Deputy Kevin Hartley charged the teenager, who has mental health issues, via summons on a felony charge […]
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Massachusetts woman accused of driving minivan 111 mph
NEW VINEYARD — A Massachusetts woman is accused of drunken driving on Route 27 at speeds of up to 111 mph late Saturday afternoon, according to Maine State Police trooper Keith Barton. Barton was patrolling Route 27 and saw a tan minivan traveling at a high rate of speed, heading south on the road at […]