Michelle Demchak, 59, dies after being hit by car while helping crash victim in icy conditions on I-95 in Waterville, Maine
Good Samaritan struck, killed after stopping to help Waterville crash victim
Demchak was standing near that vehicle when a pickup truck hauling a car carrier, driven by Bradford Enos, 39, of Atkinson, struck her, according to Shannon Moss, public information officer for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
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