TURNER — Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a crash on Route 4 on Wednesday evening. State Police Trooper Nathan Jamo said Darcy Croteau, 54, of Poland was turning right at the intersection of County Road and Route 4 when she pulled out in front of Nimo Abdillahi, 34, of […]
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Driver smashes into Goldworks in Auburn, flees into woods
AUBURN — A dark blue Chevy Cavalier smashed into Goldworks on Center Street on Saturday night leaving a gaping hole in the building. The store was closed at the time. Shop owner Tom Cunliffe said witnesses reported two people running off into the woods just after the 8 p.m. crash at 33 Center St., abandoning […]
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Lewiston house nearly struck in two-vehicle accident
Two vehicles were damaged in a Sunday afternoon accident near the intersection of Scribner Boulevard and Ashmount Street. A green Toyota RAV 4 rolled over on the road and a silver Hyundai Accent went through shrubs into a front yard, eventually coming to a stop in the next driveway over, inches from a house. Nobody […]
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Woman crashes car into house with infant daughter in back seat
WATERVILLE — A local woman is facing multiple charges after crashing her vehicle into porch steps with her 17-month-old daughter on board, while allegedly high on drugs, police said. A resident heard a vehicle driven by Heidi Everson, 42, smash into the steps of a front porch shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday and called police, […]
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Four people injured in Wednesday night crash in Oxford
OXFORD — A local man remained in a Lewiston hospital Thursday after a head-on collision Wednesday night on Route 26 that also injured three women. Timothy Quinn, 55, of Oxford sustained serious head and chest injuries after the 1999 Honda Civic he was driving south crossed the centerline and crashed head-on into a car driven by […]
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6 people hurt in two-vehicle crash in Hancock, state police say
HANCOCK — Six local people suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle collision caused by black ice on a hilly section Route 1 on Sunday, a state police officer said. Pedro Paniagua, 54, of Millbridge, was headed south up a hill between No Frills Oil Co. and Merchant’s Auto Inc. around 1 p.m. when slippery conditions […]
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Driver in serious condition after her car was broadsided by a logging truck in Standish
STANDISH — A Massachusetts woman who pulled into the lane of a logging truck Friday afternoon was struck by the fully loaded big rig. She was trapped inside her vehicle until rescue crews arrived and extricated her, according to Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office officials. Helen Dobosz, 72, of Seekonk, Mass., is listed in serious condition […]
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Driver charged after Route 1 head-on crash in Warren
WARREN — A Waldoboro woman was charged following a head-on car crash on Route 1 Sunday morning. According to Knox County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Tim Carroll, a 2005 Pontiac sedan driven by Jillian Richards, 24, of Waldoboro was driving south on Route 1 just south of the intersection of Route 90 around 6:30 a.m. […]
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Auburn man wins Carnegie Medal for heroism
AUBURN — The Jeep Grand Cherokee had flipped over on Broad Street moments before Pawel Kruszewski came up behind it on his way home from work. Three men dangled upside down inside, still buckled in. Less than a minute after Kruszewski ran over, it was on fire. He yanked the door open and helped pull the […]
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Labor Day fire destroys mobile home, crash ties up Route 1 traffic
SEARSPORT — A mobile home was destroyed Monday afternoon by a fire. Searsport Fire Chief Andrew Webster said there were no injuries from the fire that occurred on the Sanborn Valley Road. He said the a couple, whose names were not immediately available, were renting the mobile home and had moved in the previous night. […]