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.
