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When someone is injured in an accident in Maine, it is important to gather information about what happens next.
Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.Accident reports by area
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Most recent accident reports
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Sat, 03/08/2014Maine police say a Portland man was critically injured in a head-on collision with another driver who crossed the center line in Windham.
26-year-old Craig McPherson of Portland was taken to Maine Medical Center after the head-on crash Sunday morning.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Fri, 03/07/2014Police in Portland, Maine are investigating an accident that seriously injured a 74-year-old pedestrian, later identified as Elliot Burton
Authorities say the accident occurred at about 6:30 Saturday night on Forest Avenue.
Bangor, ME
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Thu, 03/06/2014Police 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.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Wed, 03/05/2014The passenger in one of two cars involved in an accident on Route 202 Thursday morning died at the scene, police said.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Tue, 03/04/2014A Wednesday morning two car accident on Chadbourne Road, or Route 35, killed one person and sent the other to the hospital.
Bangor, ME
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Wed, 02/26/2014A woman was killed and three other people were seriously hurt in a head-on crash in Embden late Thursday afternoon. It happened a little after 4:30 p.m. on Route 16, which stretches from Anson to Kingfield.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Sat, 02/22/2014A New Jersey man was killed Sunday morning in a fatal snowmobile crash, the Maine Warden Service reported in a prepared statement.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Thu, 02/20/2014A 20-year-old Camden man has died in a crash in the Maine town of Somerville.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department says Alden Pease was killed Friday morning.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Thu, 02/20/2014Maine State Police say a 22-year-old man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a utility pole.
Jordan Maroon from Winslow was found dead at the scene. The accident happened at about 4:30 a.m. Friday in the town of China.
Bangor, ME
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Wed, 02/19/2014Police say a driver is dead and a passenger injured after a car collided with a state Transportation Department snowplow in Newburgh.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Thu, 02/06/2014Three people, including a 6-year-old boy, escaped serious injury when the all-terrain vehicle they were on broke through the ice of China Lake.
The operator of the ATV, Lucas Cole of Benton, was trapped in the water for about five minutes and suffered hypothermia and frostbite.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Sat, 02/01/2014Authorities say a Massachusetts man died when his snowmobile struck a parked vehicle in Byron.
Leonardo Rodrigues, of Everett, Mass., was pronounced dead after he was taken to Central Maine Medical Center by helicopter.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Fri, 01/31/2014Authorities say a man riding his snowmobile on Route 2 in Dixfield early Saturday morning refused to stop when an officer tried to flag him down. The man lost control off his snowmobile and crashed into a snowbank. Police have not released his identity.
Portland-Auburn, ME
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Wed, 01/15/2014A Maine man said he crawled 2 1/2 miles in below-freezing temperatures to get help after breaking his leg in a snowmobiling accident.
Nicholas Brown said it took him more than six hours to crawl down a hill in the town of Mexico last week to get to a friend’s house.
Bangor, ME
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Tue, 01/07/2014Police say a crash involving a car and an empty logging truck has claimed the life of an 18-year-old high school student.