A Gray woman was taken into custody Sunday night after a hit-and-run crash on Route 202 in Gray. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said a car driven by 27-year-old Crystal Coron collided head-on with a car operated by 33-year-old Ryan McDonald of Windham around 7:45 p.m. Police are considering charges of operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident against Coron, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Scarborough police said the road was closed to traffic around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, minutes after a Honda Accord driven by 51-year-old Julia Jacobson-Maloney of Saco collided with a Chevrolet Suburban operated by 32-year-old Erron Pennell of Limington. Both drivers were transported by ambulance to Maine Medical Center in Portland, but police said Jacobson-Maloney’s injuries appeared to be life threatening. A hospital spokesman listed Jacobson-Maloney's condition as critical. Pennell was treated and released from the hospital. The cause of the crash, which took place at the intersection of Holmes and Beech Ridge roads, remains under investigation.
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Kristina Lowe was held in the Oxford County Jail on $25,000 bail. She is scheduled to appear in Oxford County Superior Court today. The case against Lowe may be Maine's first manslaughter case in which texting on a cellphone is alleged as a key component of the crime. "It's the first I'm aware of," said Oxford County Assistant District Attorney Joseph O'Connor. "Her blood alcohol content alone was not high enough to be an OUI, but there also was evidence of consumption of marijuana, and she was speeding, and we believe the evidence will show she was texting," O'Connor said. "A combination of all those factors amounts to criminal negligence."
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Joshua Smith, 20, of Kingfield complained of back pain and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital, said Darin S. Gilbert, a Farmington police officer. Jennifer Dunn, 39, and her passenger, Cory Legassie, 41, both of Portland, were not injured. Gilbert said Smith was driving a white 2000 Pontiac south on Route 27 toward Farmington in a 55-mph zone when he fell asleep about 2:50 p.m. while going downhill into a curve. Dunn was driving north and uphill into the curve in a blue 2003 Suzuki Vitara sport utility vehicle when the Pontiac crossed the centerline, Gilbert said. Dunn swerved off the road to avoid a head-on collision, losing control of the SUV, he said. It slid sideways several feet uphill before rolling at least once and coming to rest upside down on its roof, precariously balanced atop a mound of dirt.
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Deputy Tim Kachnovich with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said 73-year-old Anita Sellars complained of chest pain as a result of the accident and was taken to Central Maine Medical Center with injuries not considered life-threatening. A nursing supervisor at the hospital said Sunday night that Sellars was not listed as a patient. Kachnovich identified the driver of the second vehicle as Jason Osborn, 31, also of Durham, who escaped apparent injury. Kachnovich estimated damage at about $1,000 each to Seller’s 2011 Hyundai and Osborn’s 2001 Subaru in the 4:42 p.m. crash. No charges were filed.
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BANGOR, Maine — A driver attempting to be nice stopped in traffic on Broadway Tuesday afternoon to let Agnes Whitaker, 91 turn left onto Falvey Street, but what the driver didn’t know was that a third motorist was coming up from behind in the other lane. Robert Valente, 47, of Bangor, didn’t realize Ms. Whitaker had been waved through, and struck the passenger side of her 2000 Hyundai. Whitaker and her passenger, Nellie Closson, 88, were taken to a local hospital emergency room. Closson had a head injury and Whitaker complained of arm pain. Valente was not injured in the collision. Both drivers had green lights and both cars were damaged enough that they had to be towed away. Similar accidents, in which a driver is trying to be polite and waves a car through, are common on busy roadways such as Broadway that have four lanes, police noted. “It does happen a lot on that street,” the sergeant said. Drivers should not assume the coast is clear even if a driver waves them through a busy intersection.
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Lorrice Joyce was rear-ended while traveling on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles, which, according to her suit, exacerbated her prior neck injuries and caused a new herniated disc at C6-7. She subsequently underwent fusion surgery for the new spinal injury nine months later. Prior to suing her insurer, Arch Insurance, Joyce had received the driver's $100,000 insurance policy limits. She then filed an underinsured motorist claim with Arch. However, Arch argued that the new herniation wasn't caused by the crash, and so refused to pay. Consequently, her suit proceeded to arbitration and she was awarded $711,532, which was reduced by $100,000 to offset the amount she received in her settlement with the driver.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Officials say an 81-year-old Maine woman who was struck by an out-of-control Jeep while walking on a sidewalk has died from her injuries at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Epperson’s son, Gerald Epperson, said his mother was an avid walker who trekked up and down North Belfast Avenue for 44 years without an incident before being struck last week. Police say the Jeep hit a parked car before careening into Epperson. No charges have been filed. Her husband, Clyde Epperson, told the Kennebec Journal that she never regained consciousness after being airlifted from the scene.
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James Callaghan, 47, was headed eastbound on Route 302 just before 11:30 a.m. when his Subaru Forester struck the boom truck, which was performing line operations, according to a news release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Pallozzi, 49, a line worker for Fairpoint, was ejected from the boom truck and suffered injuries that were not life threatening, according to the release.
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A Windham police dispatcher confirmed to the Bangor Daily News on Tuesday afternoon that a two-vehicle accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday near the Shore Road intersection and that Windham police officials were still on the scene just before 1:30 p.m. The dispatcher said traffic in the area is expected to be backed up throughout the afternoon while crews reconstruct the accident. Serious injuries are involved, he added.
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