Maine
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.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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