Two people died in separate traffic accidents Thursday ”“ one in Arundel on Route 111 at about 1 p.m. and the other following a crash on New Dam Road in Sanford at about 8:30 p.m.
In Arundel, York County Sheriff’s Department deputies are looking for anyone who may have witnessed a head-on collision between a Toyota Camry and a Dodge van. Priscille Boissonneault, 76, of Biddeford, died when the 2002 Toyota in which she was a passenger crossed the center line and struck the van head-on.
York County Sheriff’s Office deputy Gil Hudson said the Toyota, driven by 81-year-old Elizabeth Lapoint of Biddeford, headed east on Route 111, veered over the center line for no apparent reason. Lapoint was taken to Maine Medical Center and was in serious condition late Thursday.
The occupants of the Dodge van were 68-year-old Thomas Wood of Herman and his wife Dorothy Wood, 66. He was taken to Southern Maine Medical Center while she was taken to Maine Medical Center. Both sustained serious injuries, police said.
The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Hudson at York County Sheriff’s Office.
On Friday morning, all of the injured remained hospitalized.
In Sanford, a passenger was killed and five others were seriously injured in a crash in the vicinity of 137 New Dam Road about 8:30 p.m. when a 1998 Honda headed southbound and driven by Zachary Bubar, 24, of Sanford, pulled into the northbound lane around a car that was signaling to make a right-hand turn and slammed into a van headed north on New Dam Road. A passenger in the Honda later died in the hospital, said Deputy Police Chief Craig Sanford.
The van was driven by Neil Durgin, 78, of Sanford.
Police are not releasing the name of the passenger who died until family members have been notified and the names of the other passengers were not available at press time.
Sanford Fire Department Capt. Brian Smith said Bubar and a passenger in the back seat were found on a lawn.
In all, there were four people in the Honda and two in the van.
A LifeFlight helicopter was called and landed in the parking lot at York County Superior Court House in Alfred but had to depart without patients because of fog conditions in Portland.
Smith said rescue crews worked for 55 minutes to extract one passenger from the vehicle.
Smith said two people were originally taken to Maine Medical Center and the others to Goodall, but said he later was told all were eventually transferred to the Portland hospital.
Rescue workers called for extra manpower because of the number of injured. Assisting were rescue and fire units from Alfred, Wells and Kennebunk.
Deputy Chief Sanford said investigators reconstructed the crash and that results of the investigation would be presented to the York County District Attorney for review and possible charges.
— Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 or
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