The crackdown comes after two state police cruisers were rear-ended while in breakdown lanes of the Maine Turnpike.
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Another Maine trooper is injured in rear-end turnpike crash
Trooper Ryan Keller was parked in the breakdown lane of the Maine Turnpike with his emergency lights flashing when his cruiser was struck from behind.
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Maine State Police consider charging woman in turnpike crash
Witnesses say the driver of a Mitsubishi Eclipse was traveling more than 100 mph and weaving in and out of traffic before crashing into a pickup truck in Biddeford.
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Police seek to identify driver of car who caused pickup to roll over on Maine Turnpike
The collision occurred Sunday afternoon in the southbound lanes in Biddeford, a state trooper says.
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Missing elderly New Gloucester man found Tuesday morning in Connecticut
William Mitchell has dementia and had been missing since Monday afternoon, police say.
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Crash on I-295 in Portland snarls evening commuter traffic
The crash occurred late Monday afternoon in the northbound lanes, Maine State Police say.
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Skydiving instructor who died in tandem jump took his own life, police say
Investigators conclude that Brett Bickford, who fell to his death in York County in September, loosened his harness in midair.
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Aroostook County man was shot to death, police say
Police are conducting a homicide investigation after the body of Daren Charette was found Sunday inside a Fort Kent apartment.
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Police: Mother who stepped in front of truck with toddler left suicide notes
Heidi McGovern’s 2-year-old son remains in serious condition at a Bangor hospital.
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Investigators still looking for answers in ‘complex’ case of skydiver who fell to his death
Experts will be brought in to help determine how instructor Brett Bickford got separated from a student skydiver last week.