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Body Found After Car Crashes Into Maine River

Body Found After Car Crashes Into Maine River

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GORHAM, Maine (AP) Police say a body has been found in a Maine river at a spot where a car crashed and overturned into the water.

Police did not immediately identify the person who died in the crash, which was first discovered on Thursday morning below a bridge near the border of Gorham and Windham.

The Portland Press Herald reports it was also not immediately clear why the car crashed into the river. An employee of a moving and storage company called in the crash at about 6:30 a.m.

Investigators, including divers, were working at the scene on Thursday morning.

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