LIVERMORE FALLS — A Missouri man escaped injury Friday night when he lost control of his car on Route 17, causing it to spin around and heavily damage the fence around the Livermore Falls Water District’s treatment plant and Moose Hill Pond. The pond is the primary source of drinking water for customers in Livermore […]
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Attorney for Lac-Megantic victims says he will sue Irving over mislabeling of oil in train cars
BANGOR — An Illinois attorney who represents the victims of the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, train disaster and their families said Friday that he will file a lawsuit against Irving Oil Co., the Canadian firm that hired the railroad to ship crude oil to its refinery in New Brunswick. Peter J. Flowers of Chicago, who represents the […]
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One critically injured in Durham crash
DURHAM — Three people were taken to a Lewiston hospital following a three-vehicle pileup Thursday on Pinkham Brook Road. A man who was ejected from one of the vehicles was critically injured, police said. He was being treated at Central Maine Medical Center along with two others who had to be extricated from the wreckage […]
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3 Canadian men injured in Eastern Maine RV crash
ISLAND FALLS (AP) — State police say three Canadian men were injured when their recreational vehicle crashed in eastern Maine. Police say 62-year-old Edward Smith of Chester, Nova Scotia was driving a Ford motor home north on Interstate 95 in Island Falls at about 2:30 a.m. Monday when he left the highway for a construction […]
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Two motorcyclists injured in Frenchville accident
FRENCHVILLE — Two men were injured when the motorcycles they were each operating collided, Maine State Police reported Saturday. Ronald Salisbury, 66, of Gorham, was listed in stable condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, according to state police. He suffered serious head and internal injuries in the accident, state police reported. The other […]
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Driver killed in Greenbush crash
GREENBUSH — An unidentified man died at the scene of a car accident on Greenfield Road late Friday, police said. No other passengers were involved. The vehicle was heading northeast when it appears to have veered sharply off the roadway into trees at a house at 234 Greenfield Road, Penobscot County Sheriff said. The man […]
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Two people killed in head-on crash on Route 108 in Canton
CANTON — A Dixfield couple was killed Thursday when their station wagon collided head-on with a loaded potato truck on Route 108. Howard Child and his wife, Carrie Child, were killed at about 1 p.m. when their Subaru Legacy veered into the path of a dump truck in front of the Victorian Villa Rehabilitation and […]
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Two youths injured in Shapleigh crash
SHAPLEIGH (AP) — Police say two youths were injured in a car crash in Shapleigh. York County sheriff’s deputies responded to a one car accident on Route 11 at about 2 p.m. Monday. The road was wet, and according to witnesses, the vehicle spun out and struck a utility pole. Both occupants were injured and […]
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Ellsworth woman escapes major injury after driving into path of oncoming train
ELLSWORTH — A woman who drove into the path of a slow-moving tourist train Monday afternoon was lucky to escape with only minor injuries, according to police and witnesses. Gabriella Just, 25, of Ellsworth had been driving east on Davis Street at 2:10 p.m. when she apparently failed to notice the Downeast Scenic Railroad train […]
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Woman killed in Route 1 crash was teacher who spent last day preparing for first day of school
BELFAST — The woman killed Saturday night after her car was hit by charter bus on Route 1 was a teacher who spent the last day of her life getting ready for the start of the next school year. Jayashree Kalmath, 61, of Camden apparently had been turning left onto Route 1 from Northport Avenue […]