The driver apparently suffers a medical problem that likely caused him to crash near Exit 4 in South Portland, police say.
Matt Byrne
Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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New Hampshire skier found dead in Baxter State Park
The man was skiing 17 miles from Chimney Pond to Abol Bridge when he became separated from the other people in his group.
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Maine Republicans accuse Portland schools chief of politicizing alleged hate crime
The criticism of Superintendent Xavier Botana comes on the day police arrest Jamie Hoffman and charge him with accosting four ninth-graders.
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Police charge 2 men, seize 4,000 pills in Topsham
Maine drug agents say Scott Crone, of Freeport, and Benjamin Steers, of Topsham, conspired to import oxycodone and Valium from overseas to sell throughout Maine.
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Early-morning explosions wake you? Blame partying boat captain
Police say Russell Parmenter set off mortar-style fireworks around 1:30 a.m. from his boat tied up at the Maine Wharf.
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Plea deal between prosecutor, Portland Black Lives Matter protesters collapses
When the 17 protesters insist on attending a restorative justice meeting as one group, rather than in two separate sessions, the prosecutor calls off the meeting.
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Fake explosive device found in Westbrook woods belonged to National Guard
A PVC pipe with tape, wires and a cellphone was determined to be a training device left behind by the nearby Guard unit during previous training.
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Police charge driver in crash with Amtrak train in Portland
Derso Mekonen faces two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, with each carrying a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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Saco woman remembered for unfailing kindness
Amber Pearl Morrow, 21, had a knack for reaching out to others, often as a way of soothing her own pain of rejection.
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A violent offender’s last act, a lesson for law enforcement
Norman J. Strobel Jr.’s deadly shootout in Maine last fall ended a lifelong pattern of abuse against women, a history that often managed to fly under the radar of successive investigators.