increase font size Police: Driver says he fell asleep at wheel, causing crash that killed 3 pedestrians in Augusta Augusta police continue investigation of crash that killed local residents Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, 69; her year-old granddaughter, Vada-Leigh Peaslee; and Rosalyn Jean, 62. Share State Trooper Patrick Munzing works the controls of the drone he is flying over the accident scene last Thursday on Cony Road, near New England Road in Augusta. The car involved in the accident is in the ditch behind him. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal file AUGUSTA — The driver who hit and killed three pedestrians in Augusta last Thursday afternoon, including a 1-year-old girl in a stroller, told police he fell asleep at the wheel.