Brandon Crawford Adams Car Accident: Portland Man and Two Others Killed in Wrong Way Car Accident in Maine Turnpike
Brandon Crawford Adams Car Accident: Three people lost their lives in a collision on the Maine Turnpike on Wednesday night due to a driver who was going the wrong way.
Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said in a statement issued on Thursday that the Augusta Regional Communications Center received many reports of an automobile that was traveling south on the Maine Turnpike in the northbound lanes.
The vehicle’s direction of travel was the opposite of the direction of travel. According to the press statement, the car in question was a 2018 Honda Civic, gray, and it was traveling quickly.
The black 2013 Toyota Rav4 and the Honda Civic crashed head-on in South Portland around mile marker 45, which is located in the northbound direction. Moss said that the impact caused both cars to catch fire and be totally destroyed.
Moss claims that the number of fatalities includes not just the driver and passenger of the car that was going the wrong way, but also the driver of the car that was hit.
According to the news announcement, all three of the victims had already died before emergency personnel got there. The announcement states that the car was driving the wrong way when it struck a silver 2020 Ford F-150 pickup truck around mile marker 48 in the northbound lane, then it struck the Rav4.
According to Moss, there were no casualties for the truck’s driver, and the vehicle only had minor damage.
The crash investigation is still ongoing by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Maine State Police. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will ascertain the identities of the deceased.
The stretch of the Maine Turnpike north of Exit 45 was closed for about two hours. The notification stated that the Maine Turnpike Authority, the fire departments from South Portland and Scarborough, and others offered help at the scene.
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