WATERVILLE — A driver going the wrong way on Interstate 95 on Monday caused a head-on crash that sent three people to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, police said.
Darren Russell, 60, of Winthrop, attempted to get on I-95 southbound on the Trafton Road exit Monday afternoon, according to Shannon Moss, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Russell, driving a 2021 Subaru Impreza, turned into the wrong lane of the highway, and was driving left of the double yellow centerline on the ramp — driving up the exit lane of the highway.
At the same time, Joshua Grant, 49, of Waterville, was exiting the highway in a 2018 Chevy Silverado in the exit lane and struck Russell’s vehicle head-on. Russell, Grant and Grant’s passenger were all taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta with injuries that were not considered life threatening.
Maine State Police were assisted at the scene by the Waterville Fire-Rescue Department and Delta Ambulance.
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