Police are investigating whether the two cars were racing Monday when the crash seriously injured a local man.
Matt Byrne
Matt Byrne has covered crime and public safety for the Press Herald since 2016. It is his second beat since being hired at the Press Herald in late 2012, when he left the Boston Globe's suburban news bureau. Matt grew up outside Philadelphia, moved to Boston to attend Emerson College and now loves living in Maine. When he is not nerding out on court documents or listening to a police scanner, Matt loves to work on old cars, make things out of metal and try new craft beers. Offers to drive your race car, or news tips, are always welcome.
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Raymond elementary school locked down after apparent false alarm
Teachers and staff followed procedures during the roughly hourlong incident, while deputies responded and combed through the building room by room.
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South Berwick woman, 29, killed in Springvale pickup crash
Aurora Smith lost control of her truck, which flipped and struck a tree, police say.
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One Maine school evacuated, another locked down
A threatening message found in a Baxter Academy bathroom, and a conversation overheard near Lewiston High School, trigger police responses.
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Police say they caught up with trucker who used the Maine Turnpike toll-free for 6 years
Danny Olson, 61, of Turner allegedly affixed other people’s license plates to his truck when he passed through Maine tollbooths.
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Maine couple stuck with a lemon of a vehicle – and now they know why
They are among a dozen or so unwary car buyers allegedly taken by James Shaw, a Standish man who faces multiple felony counts of tampering with vehicle odometers.
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No one will be charged in fatal stabbing, Portland police say, because the victim was the aggressor
Anthony Best, 31, of Veazie died weeks after he was stabbed in April 2016 outside the Denny’s restaurant on Brighton Avenue.
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Police find remains of Waldoboro man missing since November
The remains of Steven A. Reed, 64, were discovered May 8 on the bank of the Penobscot River in Searsport, more than six months after he was last seen in Bangor.
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Handcuffed man slipped through tiny opening before stealing cruiser, police say
Tyler Tibbetts was in the backseat when he squeezed his body through an 11-by-11-inch opening into the front seat to commandeer the Dexter police cruiser.
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Richmond man killed in crash on I-295 in Bowdoinham
The 76-year-old man was driving north when his truck left the road and crashed into trees in the median.