WOOLWICH (AP) — Police said a Wiscasset man was killed and a 17-year-old Boothbay girl seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 1 in Woolwich. Sheriff Joel Merry said a northbound Jeep driven by 45-year-old Walter Crosman struck a Toyota sedan he was trying to pass at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The impact […]
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Lewiston child injured in snowmobile crash; warden service urges slower speeds
AUGUSTA — The Maine Warden Service on Sunday urged snowmobilers to slow down after 10 people were injured in nine crashes over Friday and Saturday. Information about the accidents was issued in a press release from Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. The names of all of those injured on Saturday were […]
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Sherman crash leads to alcohol charge
SHERMAN — A Stacyville man has been charged with furnishing a place for minor to consume alcohol after three people sustained minor injuries in a single-vehicle accident on Benedicta Road, according to Maine State Police. The accident occurred around 6:45 a.m. Saturday, state police indicated in a prepared release. Nichole Goguen, 18, of Houlton was […]
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Man who survived fatal wharf crash ‘disappointed’ in lack of prosecution
PORT CLYDE — Jonathan Coggeshall said he is disappointed that the driver of a car that struck him and members of a Massachusetts family, killing a young boy, will not be prosecuted. “While I am still focused on recovering from my injuries [my family’s] main concern has been for the Gold family and the horrors […]
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Jefferson man dies in Union crash
UNION (AP) — Police say a Jefferson man has died after losing control of his vehicle on Route 17 in Jefferson. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department says it appears as if 37-year-old Chris LaFrance lost control of his SUV while traveling east at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. The vehicle clipped the end of a guard […]
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Wilton man receives cuts, abrasions in Jay accident
JAY — A Wilton man received minor cuts and abrasions Monday morning when his car rolled over on Crash Road, Jay Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said. Brian Hurley, 40, was driving north at about 7:46 a.m. when his 1993 Toyota drifted off the right shoulder. He lost control, and the car went into a ditch, hit […]
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Madawaska man escapes injury after pickup strikes wrecker
FRENCHVILLE — A 23-year-old Madawaska man escaped injury early Friday morning when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a parked wrecker. Jake Roy was eastbound on U.S. Route 1 just before 3 a.m., when he lost control of his 2004 GMC pickup and careened off the roadway, according to Chief Deputy Darrell Crandall […]
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One dead in Peru crash on Route 108
PERU — A local woman was killed Friday morning when her station wagon and a logging truck collided on Route 108. Jane Jacques, 37, of Peru was pronounced dead at the scene, Deputy Josh Wyman of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said. Police received a report of the accident involving a Kelly Co. logging truck […]
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New Vineyard man charged after accident
NEW VINEYARD — A local man was charged with operating after suspension Thursday morning when his pickup truck struck a snowbank on Lake Road/Route 234 near Porter Lake and rolled over, police said. Michael Nevedomsky, 25, of New Vineyard was driving down a hill and around a corner when he lost control of the truck […]