Police say the Dodge pickup was traveling at high speed Monday night on College Avenue when it left the road, snapped off a utility pole and crashed into the apartment building, causing what the building owner says is tens of thousands of dollars of damage.
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Driver arrested after truck enters Augusta State Airport, goes onto airfield, leaves by smashing through gate
Police are still investigating the incident, and did not provide further information, or the identity of the driver, Tuesday.
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Norridgewock man sentenced on manslaughter charge for crash that killed Farmington woman
Prosecutors say Joshua Savage, 33, was under the influence of drugs when his vehicle cross the center line in 2020 and struck another car carrying Sally McKinley and her son.
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Driver to lose license for 9 years for killing child and 2 pedestrians in Augusta
Infant Vada-Leigh Peaslee, her grandmother Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, and their friend Rosalyn Jean were killed last year after Robert Santerre of Chelsea fell asleep while driving.
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‘Can Opener’ railroad trestle contorts another tractor-trailer in downtown Augusta
A tractor-trailer too tall to pass under a railroad trestle on Water Street — known for tearing the tops off trailers — was damaged Monday after hitting the bridge.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Snowstorm brings foot or more of snow to parts of central Maine; causes ‘one crash after another’ on interstate
The National Weather Service predicted snow totals of 8 to 16 inches.
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Northbound Interstate 95 closed briefly after black ice causes 3 separate wrecks
No injuries were reported as a result of the crashes Wednesday morning near the Palmyra/Newport exit, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.
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Motorists hurt, parts of I-95 closed after icy conditions lead to automobile wrecks
Crashes occur Monday along several miles of the southbound lanes of the interstate, Maine State Police say.
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Oakland man arrested and charged with OUI following Waterville collision, police say
Paul McAlpine, 50, is scheduled to appear in Waterville District Court on Nov. 2 to answer to a charge of operating under the influence.
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Maine Voices: Antiquated car testing standards boost risk of injury, death for women
After a freak accident turned freak injury, research leads a college student to conclude that we won’t have safer vehicles until we have better crash test dummies.