Police on Friday identified a man killed in a Wednesday crash on Plains Road in Readfield.
Alex Cruz, 26, of Connecticut, was killed and two other men in the car were injured, police said.
Chief Deputy Ryan Reardon of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said late Friday that the investigation continues and “factors leading up to the accident are still being determined.”
The driver, Thorr Ellis, 20, and a passenger, Bradley Plevyak, 19, both of Gardiner, suffered broken bones and internal injuries. All three men in the vehicle were taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after the accident.
Ellis had been released by Friday morning, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Plevyak’s family asked the hospital to withhold information on his condition.
The crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. as the men were heading north on Plains Road in Ellis’ Audi A4. Ellis told investigators he swerved to avoid a deer before losing control of the car, Reardon said. The car veered off the road, hit a large boulder and sheared off a tree before stopping on its roof.
It is unclear if any of the men wore a seatbelt. Cruz was ejected from the car, Reardon said, and Ellis and Plevyak stayed in the car and got out on their own after the crash.
Investigators are not certain where in the car the Cruz or Plevyak were sitting, Reardon said.
Maine State Police were called to reconstruct the crash.
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