A Judicial Branch study finds that penalties for lower-end infractions were higher than neighboring states, which some say led officers to write fewer speeding tickets.
traffic accidents
Etna man charged with manslaughter in fatal head-on
Richard Lupo II was being held on $50,000 cash bail after being arrested by Penobscot County deputies in connection with the crash in August.
Portland police say man stole father’s vehicle and crashed into cars on Congress Street
Police say the suspect is in custody and that numerous people were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Truck driver from New York is charged with manslaughter in Saco turnpike crash
Kenneth Hubbert driving an empty flatbed tractor-trailer, veered into the breakdown lane in Saco, killing a Texas man who had stopped along the roadway..
One person dies in 2-vehicle crash in Greene
Authorities have not released the identity of the person who died on Daggett Hill Road.
Collision with 2 pickup trucks kills car’s 17-year-old driver in Turner
The truck that first collided Alan Coffin’s car pushed it into another pickup truck traveling along Route 4.
Woman killed when car crashes into woods in Sanford
The woman was driving alone and no other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Two injured in crash on River Road in Windham
The accident happened Tuesday evening when a pickup truck crossed the centerline and struck a subcompact car, police say.
Freight train, tractor-trailer collide at crossing in Washington County
The collision sparks a fire and several of the train’s cars derail.
Driver, witness accounts in Westbrook hit-and-run disagree on whether light had turned
Natasha Field of Standish has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident in which Sharon Crawford was hit and killed.