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Head-on Crash Leaves 1 Dead

Head-on Crash Leaves 1 Dead

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BINGHAM, Maine (AP) A man has been killed in a head-on crash that left another woman injured in Maine.

Police say the crash happened around 8 p.m. Monday on Route 201 in Bingham.

Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster says 46-year-old Michael Handy, of Harmony, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the other vehicle, 31-year-old Jocelyn Jones, was trapped inside her car and had to be extracted by firefighters.

Lancaster says Jones has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Neither driver was wearing a seat belt.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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