Maine State police will not cite deputy who caused crash in Waterboro

WATERBORO, Maine (WGME) — Maine State Police say the York County deputy who was distracted when he rear-ended a vehicle in Waterboro will not be ticketed.

According to a Maine Department of Public Safety crash report, on March 6, a deputy was driving a marked York County Sheriff’s Office cruiser on Route 202, also known as Main Street, when he rear-ended a vehicle that had stopped to make left-hand turn.

The report states the deputy was looking to the right at a home that had recently been searched by the York County Sheriff’s Office, Marin County Sheriff’s Office, and the FBI as part of an ongoing investigation.

The report says the deputy was distracted by “looking away from task.”

The deputy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 44-year-old North Waterboro man, was evaluated at the scene by EMS and was released at the scene.

Maine State Police investigated the crash, and a spokesperson says crashes are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and citations aren’t always issued.

Troopers base that decision on several factors, and in this case, determined a citation wasn’t warranted.

Yor County Sheriff William King says an internal investigation is underway.