Accident

Authorities say a 71-year-old man from Winslow caused a tractor-trailer truck full of potatoes to crash on the interstate Thursday afternoon.

A New Year's afternoon car crash left over a thousand Bangor residents without power Monday. It happened around 4:15 PM.

Samantha Casella was heading towards Augusta, when she came upon the situation. Casella said she had a big logging truck behind her when she saw the explosion.

Dispatchers say authorities are working with the Eddington Fire Department and the Maine DOT and have set up detours, taking folks from Route 180 through Route 181.

First off, everyone is okay (thankfully!). This could have been much worse.

Bangor Police say a possible medical event may be to blame for a morning motor vehicle crash.

According to Somerset County Chief Deputy Michael Mitchell, the accident happened around 11:30 in the morning.

Union Street was shut down for a while, while the scene was fully reconstructed, with pictures and measurements taken.

An afternoon accident in Bangor has parts of a busy road shut down to traffic as authorities try to reconstruct the scene.

A new study pinpoints the exact times during the week and weekend when fatalities most commonly occur on the road in Maine.