Robert Peavey, 57, killed, when his snowmobile collides with a pickup driven by Leroy Hiscock, 69, near New Portland, Maine

Police say a Massachusetts man was killed when he tried to cross a Maine road on his snowmobile and was hit by a pickup truck. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department says the accident happened around 6:15 p.m. Friday as 57-year-old Robert Peavey of Gloucester was trying to cross a state route in New Portland. The snowmobile came off a trail in the woods and was hit by a southbound pickup driven by 69-year-old Leroy Hiscock of Livermore Falls. Peavey was pronounced dead at the scene. Hiscock was treated for injuries while a 7-year-old boy in the truck was not injured. One of two dogs in Hiscock’s truck was killed in the crash.