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2 killed in collision between dump truck, car in Maine

2 killed in collision between dump truck, car in Maine

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MADISON, Maine (AP)   Police say two people were killed when a dump truck and a car collided in Madison.

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department says 85-year-old Joyce Gipson and her husband, 80-year-old Keith Blackwell, were killed in the crash on Thursday. The dump driver was being treated at a hospital.

Police say it appears that Joyce Gipson turned into the path of the truck. Maine State Police are working to reconstruct the crash.

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