PHILLIPS — Police say a local man whose vehicle struck a pole Thursday on Wheeler Hill Road faces a drunken-driving charge. The man’s dog died in the crash. David Crowley, 73, of Phillips was heading toward Route 142 when his vehicle went off the road and struck a utility pole and snapped it, Trooper Keith […]
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One person injured in New Gloucester two-car crash
NEW GLOUCESTER — A head-on crash involving two cars has closed Route 202 and Route 100 near the Auburn town line. The crash occurred Thursday at about 7:15 a.m. One person was injured according to a statement from New Gloucester Fire and Rescue. This story will be updated.
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Eight-year-old escapes from car crash to get help for her mother
Maine State Police are crediting a little girl’s calmness under pressure for possibly saving the life of her mother after their car went off Route 1 in Westfield and slammed into a large tree Tuesday night. The crash left 26-year-old Lili Parady of Fort Fairfield trapped inside the wreckage of her 2009 Toyota Camry. […]
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Driver with cat in lap collides with school bus in northern Maine; some students injured
NEW CANADA (AP) — Maine State Police say a driver with a cat on her lap got distracted and collided with a school bus carrying 58 students, injuring some of them and the bus driver. Police said 19-year-old Alicia Fiordellisi also suffered non-life-threatening injuries to her head and leg in the Tuesday afternoon crash in […]
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Five people injured in head-on collision in Jay
JAY — Five people were injured Tuesday night in a head-on collision between two vehicles on Route 133 at the Hyde Road intersection at about 6 p.m. Cassidy Packard, 17, of Dixfield was driving north on Route 133 when she tried to take a left turn onto Hyde Road and failed to yield the right […]
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Temple woman, children injured in Phillips crash
PHILLIPS — A Temple woman and her daughters were injured Tuesday night when the car she was driving struck a tree on Bridge Street. “Speed and alcohol appear to be factors,” Sgt. Matt Brann wrote in a report to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Tabatha Chabot, 34, was driving a 2002 Dodge Intrepid at 6:11 […]
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Turner teen dies in collision with pickup as he tries crossing Route 4
TURNER — A Turner teen was killed early Wednesday when a car and truck collided at routes 4 and 117. Police said Alan Coffin, 17, died when his car collided with a pickup hauling a trailer shortly before 7:30 a.m. Coffin was crossing Route 4, investigators said, and drove directly into the path of the […]
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Temple man receives head injuries in ATV rollover
Erald Farmer, 69, of Temple received head injuries Monday when he lost control of an ATV and attached trailer coming down a hill on Forest Hill Road in Temple. The ATV rolled into a ditch and pinned him underneath at the intersection of Varnum Pond Road, Franklin County Chief Deputy Steven Lowell said. (Donna M. […]
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Rangeley man injured in truck collision
STRONG — A Rangeley man was injured Thursday morning when his car and a tractor-trailer truck collided on Route 4, a state police trooper said. A truck driven by Ernest Hamel, 59, of Greene was going around a sharp corner on Route 4, also known as Phillips Road, heading north toward Avon when a vehicle […]
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Car takes out fence, Halloween decorations in Temple
Jody Morris, 41, of Wilton lost control of a car he was driving on Temple Road in Temple on Monday. The car crashed through a fence, drove over Halloween decorations and over a rock wall before coming to rest in some trees, Franklin County Deputy Keith Madore said. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) TEMPLE — Police […]