JAY — Twin sisters were injured Tuesday after the car they were riding in on Route 133 slid on ice and slush, struck several trees and landed on its side, Police Sgt. Russell Adams said. Dorothy Nelson of the Livermore Falls area and Danielle Nelson of the Mexico-Rumford area, both 29, complained of pain and […]
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Phillips man arrested after leaving scene of Avon crash
AVON — A Phillips man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after his vehicle went off Route 4 on Monday afternoon, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols said in an email. Franklin County Deputy Brad Scovil responded to a report of a crash at 3:09 p.m. and found a vehicle well off the […]
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2 killed in turnpike crash
WELLS — A 5-year-old boy and a 57-year-old man were killed Friday afternoon when the car the man was driving was crushed by a truck on the Maine Turnpike.York County Community Action volunteer Earl Gray of Waterboro was driving young Wyatt Frost on the turnpike when Gray had to slow down because of an unrelated […]
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Bethel pilot, passenger uninjured when plane crashed into Poplar Mountain
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A Bethel pilot and his passenger were “very lucky” to survive when their airplane lost power and crashed into Poplar Mountain on Oct. 20, a Maine warden said Wednesday. Pilot Karl Olson, 30, and Michael Orsini, 26, of Raymond took off from Sugarloaf Regional Airport in Carrabassett Valley in a single-engine Cessna […]
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Police cruiser, pedestrian collide in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A pedestrian was hospitalized after he and a police cruiser collided on Park Street Friday night, according to a news release from Androscoggin County Chief Deputy William Gagne. Livermore Falls police officer Troy Reed was traveling southbound on Park Street at 11:55 p.m. Friday when Joseph Slaver, 24, of Livermore Falls entered the […]
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Wilton man identified as Strong crash victim
FARMINGTON — The identity of the man killed in a fiery head-on collision in Strong this week has been identified as Rusty Knox, 35, of Temple Road in Wilton, according to Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. “Mr. Knox was married with four children,” Nichols said in an email. Knox was driving Tuesday night on Lambert […]
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Car destroyed in crash in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A car was destroyed Tuesday morning when it was rear-ended on Route 133 as it slowed down for a school bus that was preparing to pick up children. Nicholas Blais, 24, of Winthrop was driving north when his car was struck by a pickup truck driven by Bobby Cummins, 45, of Livermore […]
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Orrington man injured in Farmington crash
FARMINGTON — An Orrington man was injured Saturday when he fell asleep and his truck crossed the centerline into oncoming lanes on Wilton Road, then jumped a curb and entered Hight’s Chevrolet lot. The truck driven by Timothy Dickinson, 51, then hit a light pole, snapping it in half, before continuing on to hit a […]
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Poland Spring truck loaded with water rolls in Carrabassett Valley
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. […]