Nick Harmon, left, a resident of the property where the accident occurred, helps the driver of a car owned by First Stop Transportation Service after he lost control of his car after dropping off a client in the Windham area and crashed into a pole on Route 302 in Westbrook. The driver, who did not want to be identified, complained of chest pains but did not want an ambulance to take him to the hospital. The Westbrook fire department and ambulance showed up after a 911 call was placed by Harmon.
Laurie Perham is bundled in a heavy coat as she cleans the freshly fallen snow from her car after work in Windham in preparation for the ride home to Naples Wednesday.
Courtney Lewis of Portland keeps her 5-month old son, Austin, close to her and under cover as she walks down Congress Street in Portland on Wednesday.
Emergency personnel respond to a fatal accident involving a box truck and a car on School Street in Berwick on Wednesday.
A Portland snowplow moves along Washington Avenue in Portland during a snowstorm Wednesday that delayed Thanksgiving travel and made the evening commute downtown slower than usual.
Dearborn Construction employee Nick Ouellette operates a plow in the Hannaford parking lot in Biddeford on Wednesday.
Jen Sinsabaugh of Naples loads groceries into her snow-covered car after shopping for Thanksgiving items in Windham on Wednesday. About the snow, she said, "It's so refreshing!"
A plow truck rounds a curve near Exit 113 on Interstate 95 in Augusta on Wednesday as snow starts to fall and obscure visibility.
John Wassler stands at the register of Gibbs Oil in Ogunquit on Wednesday. Wassler said Gibbs, which is also a gas station, was busy before snow started falling, with customers filling their tanks before the storm hit southern Maine. "We'll be slower tonight, because no one will be going out," Wassler said.
It was slow going for this bicyclist as she made her way along Congress Street as a snow storm hit Maine on Wednesday, delaying Thanksgiving travel and making the evening commute in downtown slower than usual.
Customers leave with provisions as Joe Paiement, assistant store manager at Hannaford in Windham, sprinkles calcium chloride near the store entrance and exit as the snow intensifies Wednesday.
Kristine and Roger Whitcomb walk along the streets of Ogunquit as it snows on Wednesday. The couple, from Provo, Utah, are on their honeymoon.
A man crosses Free Street in Portland as a major snow storm hits Maine on Wednesday, delaying Thanksgiving travel and making the evening commute slower than usual.
Christina Bombaria, left, helps her sister Bryana Poirier, center, try to get Poirier’s minivan out of a ditch on Webb Road in Waterville on Wednesday.
Traffic navigates the slippery roads in North Windham midday Wednesday.
A pedestrian walks past decorations in a window of the Olde Federal Building in Augusta as a snowstorm begins Wednesday.
A snowplow leads a long line of traffic on Route 302 in Windham as the snow begins to accumulate on the roadways Wednesday.
A driver lost control of a car and struck a tree in front of 17 Libby Hill Road in Oakland on Wednesday. A winter storm rolled through the state making travel treacherous for commuters before the holiday. It wasn't immediately known whether anyone was injured.
A man clears the snow off his car in downtown Portland as the snow continues to pile up into the evening Wednesday, delaying Thanksgiving travel and making the evening commute downtown slower than usual.
Cars cruise by a field of snow-covered plants on Route 302 in Raymond as the storm intensifies Wednesday.
Dearborn Construction employee Nick Ouellette operates a plow in the Hannaford parking lot in Biddeford on Wednesday.
Web cam of turnpike looking south from the Flag Pond Road overpass in Saco at 12:19 p.m..
Wet snowflakes stick to the Christmas tree on Monument Square in Portland on Wednesday at the start of a storm.
Traffic on Interstate 95 moves along at a steady pace as snow continues to fall in York on Wednesday. The speed limit on the highway was lowered early in the day.
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