JEFFERSON (AP) — A Jefferson man has died in a twocar crash in town.
Police say 73- year- old Robert Lawrence was pronounced dead at a hospital after the crash on Route 32 at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The driver of the other vehicle, 19-year-old Johnnie James of Nobleboro, was unhurt.
Police tell the Kennebec Journal that James failed to stop at an intersection and struck Lawrence’s vehicle, forcing it off the road and on to its side.
There was no word on possible charges as the crash remains under investigation.
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