Anthony Astor, 50, Dawn Astor, 43, and Eleina Astor, 6, killed, boy injured after car strikes embankment on Route 1 and bursts into flames in Brunswick, Maine
Police: Three killed in Brunswick crash
Police say numerous motorists stopped to try to extinguish the fire and were able to pull two small children — a boy and a girl —from the back seat.
3 killed in fiery Brunswick car crash
Multiple good Samaritans were able to pull the children from the car, but were unable to free the adults, police reported. Both adults were pronounced dead at the scene.
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The boy was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, while the girl, 6-year-old Eleina Astor of Topsham, was taken to Mid Coast Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries, according to Scott.
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Gilbertson is hopeful the family can find some sense of peace knowing numerous people stopped and did all they could to try and save the Astors.
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