The driver, who authorities say fell asleep at the wheel, had to be extricated from the truck after the crash early Sunday morning.
Dennis Hoey
Dennis Hoey is the Portland Press Herald’s night reporter, covering any and all news that breaks in the late afternoon and evening hours. He has been chasing stories after normal business hours in Portland since 2008. Before that he worked in the Press Herald’s Brunswick Bureau where he spent several years covering news in several midcoast towns from Rockland and Wiscasset to Bath and Brunswick. He also covered Bath Iron Works, the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Bowdoin College, and the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant during his years in Brunswick. When he’s not hunting down criminals, politicians or law enforcement officials, Dennis enjoys spending time riding his bicycle, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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Deer is set free after squeezing through a basement window in Westbrook
It appears the deer entered the basement of the Westbrook home through a 9-inch by 12-inch window before dropping about 6 feet to the concrete floor.
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South Portland firefighters battle early morning house fire on Pleasant Avenue
One of the occupants of the building was evaluated at the scene, but refused medical treatment
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Portland Fire Department fights house fire on Washington Avenue
A section of the busy road was shut down for almost 2 hours Tuesday afternoon.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
Teenage student charged with posting threat to a Portland high school
Portland Arts and Technology High School and Casco Bay High School went into lockdown Monday following the receipt of an online threat.
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Windham man charged with string of business break-ins
Police say Joseph Call Jr., 37, has been charged with 9 burglaries that targeted businesses in Portland, South Portland and Westbrook over the last month.
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Tuesday’s storm drops up to a half-foot of snow over much of southern Maine
The snow, which was light and fluffy, caused several motor vehicle accidents, but offered a break from the string of more severe storms Maine has experienced lately.
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South Portland residents mourn loss of historic Fisherman’s Point shacks
Willard Beach residents on Sunday said they were sad about losing the fishing shacks, which had stood on the rocky point for over 100 years before being swept away in Saturday’s storm.
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Coastal Maine dries out – and begins cleaning up – from Saturday’s historic storm
Municipal officials in the hardest-hit areas say cleanup will take days, and repairing the damage is likely to take even longer.
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Portland police identify driver killed in Forest Avenue crash
Joel Adams, 62, of Cape Elizabeth, died in the head-on crash Tuesday.