A Judicial Branch study finds that penalties for lower-end infractions were higher than neighboring states, which some say led officers to write fewer speeding tickets.
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Pickup slides on snow and collides with train in Leeds
Traffic is stalled for two hours but no injuries were reported following the collision between the truck and a Pan Am Railways freight train at the junction of routes 219 and 106.
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Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Etna man charged with manslaughter in fatal head-on
Richard Lupo II was being held on $50,000 cash bail after being arrested by Penobscot County deputies in connection with the crash in August.
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Portland police say man stole father’s vehicle and crashed into cars on Congress Street
Police say the suspect is in custody and that numerous people were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
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Truck driver from New York is charged with manslaughter in Saco turnpike crash
Kenneth Hubbert driving an empty flatbed tractor-trailer, veered into the breakdown lane in Saco, killing a Texas man who had stopped along the roadway..
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Penalty for texting while walking in crosswalks not enforceable
Drivers are supposed to yield to the people on two legs, even if their noses are buried in a smartphone.
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One person dies in 2-vehicle crash in Greene
Authorities have not released the identity of the person who died on Daggett Hill Road.
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Collision with 2 pickup trucks kills car’s 17-year-old driver in Turner
The truck that first collided Alan Coffin’s car pushed it into another pickup truck traveling along Route 4.
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At least one person dies in crash in Buckfield
Oxford County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the accident at the intersection of routes 117 and 124.
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Mother dies in I-95 crash; young children rescued after night in car
A truck driver spots the Bangor woman’s car lodged between trees in the median, and rescuers pull her 2 children from the wreck.