AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine tractor-trailer truck driver who was involved in a crash that took the life of a 12-yearold girl is contesting his three-year license suspension stemming from last year’s wreck in Farmington. Charles Willey of Dexter plans to challenge the suspension at a Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles administrative hearing today. Police found excessive speed to be the primary cause of the August 2011 crash between Willey’s tractor-trailer and a van that was carrying young campers. The crash killed 12-year-old Tess Meisel of Westport, Conn. The district attorney’s office determined there was not enough evidence to bring a vehicular manslaughter charge against Willey, but his license was suspended.
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