The scene of a deadly crash on I-95 on the Maine Turnpike during a storm early Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.
Two drivers were killed when a truck lost control and crashed into oncoming traffic on the Maine Turnpike during wintry weather Thursday morning, police said.
The highway was shut down in both directions in Ogunquit on Thursday morning due to the crash.
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State police said in a social media post just before 8 a.m. that the highway at mile marker 14 between York and Wells had been completely shut down due to the crash. Traffic was being diverted off Exit 19 in Wells.
Motorists were being asked to avoid the area, and to drive with caution.
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🚧 TRAFFIC ALERT 🚧
— Maine State Police (@MEStatePolice) February 13, 2025
A crash on the Turnpike at mile marker 14 (between York and Wells) has caused a complete shutdown, with traffic being diverted off Exit 19 in Wells. Please avoid the area, and drive with caution on the roads. pic.twitter.com/OOwq4Kosuc
Police later said that a Kennebunk woman, 64-year-old Linda Huelsman, and a Kittery man, 55-year-old Brian Ellis, were the drivers killed in the crash with the tractor-trailer at mile marker 14.
The truck, owned by a New York logistics company and being driven by a New York City man, was headed north on I-95 when it crashed across the median and hit Huelsman's car and Ellis' box truck, both headed south, about 6:05 a.m., police said.
Huelsman was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ellis was rushed to Portsmouth Regional Hospital and later pronounced dead, according to police.
The driver of the truck had non-life-threatening injuries.
Two lanes of the highway have reopened, and investigators, who say weather conditions are believed to have been a factor, are looking into whether criminal charges will be filed.
