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Maine Turnpike crash involving wrong-way driver kills 3

A fatal accident occurred on the Maine Turnpike as a wrong-way driver, traveling southbound in the northbound lane, collided with two vehicles, resulting in three deaths.

A wrong-way driver on the Maine Turnpike struck two vehicles, causing a head-on collision that killed three people, police said.

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Maine police said they were still working to identify the occupants of the vehicles in the Wednesday night crash in Portland. They said the wrong-way vehicle was a sedan that was going southbound in the northbound lane at a high rate of speed.

An initial investigation indicates the wrong-way driver hit a pickup truck before striking a sports utility vehicle head-on, police said. The second crash caused both vehicles to catch fire and become fully engulfed, police said.

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Police said there was only one person in the SUV and they were deceased upon the arrival of emergency responders. They said both occupants of the wrong-way vehicle were also declared deceased on arrival. The driver of the pickup truck was not injured, police said.

Police said the crash was still under investigation on Thursday.

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