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Man dies after being pulled from house fire in Biddeford, Maine
A man died after being pulled from a burning home in Biddeford, Maine, Monday afternoon, officials say. The fire was reported about 3:03 p.m. at a home on Alfred Street at the intersection of Ray Street, according to Biddeford firefighters, who saw flames pouring from an apartment over a two-car garage. A 71-year-old man was found unresponsive in the apartment...
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Man, 82, driving wrong way up I-95 in Maine dies in collision with pickup
An elderly man driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in central Maine died in a crash Tuesday morning, police said. The other driver was injured but is expected to survive, Maine State Police said. The crash closed I-95 south in Pittsfield for about two hours. The crash took place about 11 a.m. in Pittsfield, while troopers were rushing to...
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Driver fatigue, inattention blamed for pileup on Maine Turnpike
A man driving a U-Haul caused a serious chain reaction crash that shut the Maine Turnpike in Scarborough Friday night, police said. The U-Haul’s driver was trapped inside the vehicle after it collided with a tanker truck on I-95; he had to be extracted from the vehicle and was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland for treatment, Maine...
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Maine woman accused of killing teen to undergo evaluation on judge's orders
A Sidney, Maine woman accused of killing a 14-year-old boy was ordered by a judge to undergo psychological evaluation during her first court appearance, according to News Center Maine. 39-year-old Megan McDonald was charged with murder after a teenager was found outside her home on December 20. The teen’s identity has not been released. The evaluation is expected to be...
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U-Haul driver slams into tanker truck, shutting Maine Turnpike south for hours
A man driving a U-Haul caused a serious chain reaction crash that shut the Maine Turnpike in Scarborough Friday night, police said. The U-Haul’s driver was trapped inside the vehicle after it collided with a tanker truck on I-95; he had to be extracted from the vehicle and was flown to Maine Medical Center in Portland for treatment, Maine State...
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Man dies in early morning snowmobile crash in western Mass.
A man died when he crashed his snowmobile into a tree in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, on Sunday, authorities said. Derek Graves, 37, was found with critical injuries about 1:30 a.m. near Smith Road. A friend behind him had found him and called 911, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Graves, a Chesterfield resident, was rushed to Cooley Dickinson Hospital but...
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Person found dead after report of shooting at Maine home
A man was found dead after a shooting was reported at home in Lincoln, Maine, on Wednesday morning, police said. Lincoln police responded to the shooting on Mohawk Road around 9:25 a.m. The victim, later identified as 51-year-old Jason Nadeau of Lincoln, was found dead at the scene, Maine State Police said Thursday night. An autopsy confirmed Nadeau died from...
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Mass. teenager killed after crashing into tree in Vermont
A teenage driver was killed after crashing her pickup truck into a tree in Vermont early Sunday morning. State police said they were notified of a motor vehicle crash on Cold River Road near Upper Cold River Road in Shrewsbury shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday. Their investigation determined that the driver of a Dodge Ram 1500 was traveling south on...
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No charges in deadly 2023 shootout near NH resort, AG says
No charges are being filed in a deadly double shooting that erupted early in the morning the day after July 4, 2023, outside a party at a rented condo near a resort in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, prosecutors said Wednesday. One man was killed in the shooting on Nordic Wilderness Road in Bartlett, New Hampshire, shortly after 1 a.m. on...
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3 dead in head-on crash in Maine
Three people died when a pickup truck and an SUV collided near the entrance to a Maine hiking trail Wednesday morning, authorities told News Center Maine. The crash on Egypt Road, near the border of Raymond and Gray, was reported about 11 a.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office told the news station. All three people inside the vehicles died, officials...
