GRAY — Eight people were transported to hospitals in Lewiston and Portland on Sunday night after a two-car crash on the Maine Turnpike in Gray. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said the vehicles crashed in the northbound lane, about a mile south of the Gray toll exit. “Eight people were […]
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Another turnpike crash backs up traffic
Two separate crashes snarled northbound traffic on the Maine Turnpike Friday morning. All three northbound lanes were closed in Scarborough after a 10:30 a.m. crash at mile 42 between the Saco and Scarborough exits. The travel lanes were all reopened by about 11:20 a.m., but traffic is backed up about 10 miles, said Erin Courtney, […]
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Police say road rage and maybe alcohol snarl Turnpike traffic
A suspected road rage incident Friday on the Maine Turnpike in South Portland escalated after one person brandished a firearm, police say. Lt. Erik Baker of the Maine State Police said two adults and two juveniles were detained but no one had been charged. “It’s going to take some time to sort out, especially because […]
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Tractor-trailer backs up at York toll plaza, then hits tollbooth on 2nd approach
YORK — No one was injured when a tractor-trailer struck and damaged a tollbooth as it tried to pass through the York Toll Plaza at about 10 a.m. Friday. Maine State Trooper Jarrett MacKinnon said he watched as the truck driver first entered the wrong toll lane, backed up, turned the rig toward the correct […]
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High-speed chase ends; suspect flees on foot, leaves 2-year-old in car
A Biddeford man was arrested early Thursday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase on the Maine Turnpike that ended in a crash – with the man’s 2 1/2-year-old daughter in the back seat. The girl was unhurt, police said. The incident began around 9 p.m. Wednesday when police say Michael Messier, 25, passed […]
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These little piggies went wee, wee, wee, almost to the turnpike
The Maine State Police and a turnpike maintenance crew rounded up these pigs at Maine Turnpike exit 28 northbound in Arundel. Shortly after, the pigs’ owners arrived and were working on a way to get them home. This story will be updated. A Maine State Police trooper was able to keep a quartet of hogs […]
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No one injured in car fire on turnpike
Lewiston fire crews put out a fire Sunday evening near the Lewiston exit of the Maine Turnpike. State police stopped traffic at about 8:15 p.m. Sunday at the northbound Lewiston exit of the Maine Turnpike while crews from Lewiston battled a car fire. LEWISTON — No one was injured when a car traveling north on […]
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Southbound ramp at Exit 86 in Sabattus to close for three weeks
SABATTUS — The southbound off-ramp of the Maine Turnpike at Exit 86 will be closed for roughly 21 days beginning Monday, July 24, at 6 a.m. The closure is required to complete upgrades to the tolling equipment on the ramp. Upgrades to the other three ramps at Exit 86 are also in progress, but no […]
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Construction worker hit on turnpike in serious condition
GRAY (WGME) – A construction worker, hit by a car on the turnpike, managed to crawl to safety. Now 58-year-old Danny Lowe has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. The crash happened in the northbound lane of the turnpike, just south of the Gray exit. That’s where a vehicle hit Lowe. Police say a […]
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Construction worker crawls to safety after being hit on turnpike in Gray
GRAY (WGME) — A construction worker crawled to safety, after getting hit by a car on the turnpike. Now, a driver is charged. State police say this happened in Gray. They say 58-year-old Danny Lowe, an employee of Pike Industries, is being treated for serious injuries. Officials say he was standing in front of his […]