Car Accident Lawyer: Oxford Woman Dies in Weekend Crash in Mechanic Falls
By Andie Hannon, Staff Writer
SunJournal
Jul 12, 2010 12:00 am
MECHANIC FALLS, ME — An Oxford woman died Saturday night from injuries sustained in a crash on Route 121 in Mechanic Falls. The woman, 61, of Oxford was pronounced dead at Central Maine Medical Center, where she was taken following the 10:10 p.m. crash on Route 121, also known as Pleasant Street, in Mechanic Falls. Officer Anthony Keach of the Mechanic Falls Police Department said that the woman was headed out of Mechanic Falls toward Oxford when her car suddenly veered off the road to the right and hit a parked SUV with three occupants. Her 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier then rolled over on its top and came to rest across the road. Keach said alcohol and speed were not considered factors in the crash, which is being investigated by the Mechanic Falls Police Department and the Maine State Police. He added that she was wearing a seatbelt. Keach said that officials at the hospital said that the woman had an extensive medical history that could have been a possible factor in the crash.
No one in the parked SUV was injured as a result of the crash, according to Keach. The 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer was being driven by a man, 21, of Minot, who had pulled into the driveway of 179 Pleasant St. in order to make a cell phone call for directions. Keach said that neither the driver nor either of his two passengers, a man, 19, of Hebron and a woman, 18, of Auburn, saw the Cavalier in the moments leading up to the crash. “Everybody in the Trailblazer said that they weren’t moving,” Keach said. “They weren’t in the road, and they never saw it coming.”
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