One man was killed and a second was injured in a car crash in Turner Monday afternoon, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s office said Tuesday.

Christopher L. Tibbetts, 27, of Chesterville, was driving east on Rt. 219 when his 2000 black Volkswagen Jetta sedan struck a 2012 Toyota Tundra pickup that was traveling west, according to the Sheriff’s office.

Tibbetts, who was not wearing his seat belt, appears to have crossed the center line, striking the pickup. Tibbetts was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the pickup truck, James S. Wetherell Jr., 30, of Minot, was transported to Central Maine Medical Center where he was treated and released.

State police are reconstructing the accident and investigating the circumstances that led to it, the Sheriff’s office said.


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