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William Arnow, 33 of Stamford, Connecticut, died Tuesday night after his snowmobile hit a utility pole beside ITS 89 in Dallas Plantation, a Warden Service spokesman said.
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DALLAS PLANTATION A Connecticut man was killed in a snowmobile crash Tuesday night on ITS 89, according to Mark Latti, spokesman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
William Arnow, 33 of Stamford, Connecticut, was operating a 2019 Ski Doo MXZ in the Franklin County plantation east of Rangeley when he crashed into a powerline pole along the trail about 10:30 p.m., Latti wrote in a news release.
Arnow and a friend were out for a quick ride on separate snowmobiles and had just turned around to return to their property rental in Rangeley when the friend noticed there no longer were snowmobile headlights behind him, Latti said.
The Maine State Police Department continues to investigate the cause of the crash. Author: Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine), Jackie Mundry (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:03 AM EST February 2, 2021 Updated: 5:21 AM EST February 3, 2021
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION, Maine Two teens were killed and several other people, including a couple in their 70s, were seriously injured in a crash in Sandy River Plantation Monday night.
Around 8:45 p.m., a couple from Cushing Karl Crute, 79, and his wife Laraine Crute, 79 was traveling north on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation. At the same time, a car driven and occupied by Kaylee Knight, 18, of Chesterville and four teenage passengers was traveling south. The two vehicles collided and as a result, two of the passengers in the vehicle driven by Knight were killed:
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The Maine Office of Public Safety reported that Karl Crute, 79, and his wife Laraine Crute, 79, of Cushing, remain hospitalized following a crash on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation.
The report said:
“On February 1, 2021, at approximately 8:45 p.m., a gray 2017 Toyota Avalon, driven and occupied by Karl Crute, 79, and his wife Laraine Crute, 79, from Cushing, were traveling north on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation when a black 2009 Pontiac G6 was traveling south, driven and occupied by Kaylee Knight, 18, of Chesterville and four teenaged passengers.
“The two vehicles struck each other and as a result two of the passengers in the vehicle driven by Knight were killed: Thomas Deckard-Madore, 17, of Strong; and Michaela Morgan, 15, of Phillips.
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Western Maine trails received $87,000 in grants with $30,000 granted to The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust to improve wayfaring in the trust’s 36 miles of trails. Trailhead signs and trail markers will be improved and an in-town trail between Rangeley’s Lakeside Park and the Rangeley Public Library will be constructed.
“Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust has conserved more than 14,000 acres in the region for public access and the wayfinding system will be critical to keeping access safe and educational,” David Miller, executive director of The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, said.
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s office released a report the first week of July that included several first-hand accounts of the Sept. 16, 2019, LEAP Inc. building explosion in Farmington. Accounts from firefighters confirmed that there was no smell of propane outside or inside of the building. While no propane was detected around the tank, the measurement readings in the basement w