MARS HILL — Police are investigating a fatal head-on collision in the northern Maine town of Mars Hill.

Maine State Police say a pickup truck and a station wagon crashed into each other on Route 1 at 6:20 p.m. Saturday.

Officials say a passenger in the station wagon, 51-year-old Nathan York of Medway, died at the scene.

York’s 21-year-old son, Jerome, was driving the car and was treated at a Presque Isle hospital and released. Jerome York’s uncle, who was a passenger, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center with serious injuries.

The driver of the pickup truck, 51-year-old William Barton of Mars Hill, was treated and released from a Presque Isle hospital.


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