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Police: Former High School Student Killed in One-Car Crash

7 years ago in Local


WELD, Maine (WGAN) A former Dixfield high school student is dead after a one-car crash in Weld on Thursday night.

Maine State Police say 19-year-old Griffyn Smith was killed when the car he was in, driven by 18-year-old Ethyn Buotte of Dixfield, went of control, hit a tree, and overturned. The crash happened on West Side Road around 11:30pm.

Smith graduated from Dirigo High School in 2016.

Police say two other current students were injured, a 17-year-old girl whose name has not been made available, and Buotte. Both were taken to a Rumford hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Police are investigating the crash but they say speed appears to be a factor.

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