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Police Identify Driver Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on I-95

Police Identify Driver Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on I-95

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AUGUSTA, Maine (WGAN)  State Police are trying to determine why a young woman drove her car in the wrong lane and collided head on with two other cars on I-95 in Augusta Saturday night.

Police say 22-year-old Sierra Prescott from Saco was killed instantly in the crash.

A second woman who was a passenger in one of the other cars was critically injured. 44-year old-Shuba Raja was flown by the Lifeflight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Cener in Lewiston.

Raja was a passenger in a car driven by 40-year-old Vikram Kumar of Bangor.

The third vehicle involved in the crash was driven by 61-year-old Frederick Homans of Northport. The two other drivers were taken to MaineGeneral with minor injuries.

The northbound lanes of the interstate in Augusta were closed for three hours , as troopers investigated the crash, which took place about 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

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