CAPE ELIZABETH – A young Cape Elizabeth woman described by friends as outgoing and energetic is being mourned this week after her death Friday in a car crash.

Alicia Robinson, a 21-year-old graduate of Cape Elizabeth High School, was traveling on Gorham Road in Scarborough in a 2002 Toyota Camry just after 11 p.m. on March 11 when, police say, she lost control of the vehicle, crossed the centerline, veered off the road and slammed into a tree by the intersection of Spring Street.

Robinson was taken to Maine Medical Center, where she died of her injuries. The Scarborough Police Department is currently investigating the accident and has not disclosed the cause of the accident or how Robinson died.

Scott Vaughan, the investigating officer, said Robinson was alone at the time of the crash.

Jamie Thorne, a 2006 graduate of Scarborough High School who met Robinson through mutual friends years ago, said she thought she was the last person to see Robinson alive. She and Robinson had been hanging out together that night for about five hours. Robinson dropped her off at her Scarborough home at about 10:45 p.m. Thorne said she thought Robinson was going to another friend’s house after dropping her off.

“Alicia had the biggest heart in the world,” Thorne said. “She would give her shirt off her back for you. Everyone she met she made an impact on.”

Robinson was at the beginning of a career as a cosmetologist. After graduating from Spa Tech Institute School of Cosmetology, Robinson joined Supercuts on Broadway in South Portland, where she worked five or six days a week.

“She always put a smile on our faces whenever she came in,” said Supercuts manager Robin Littlefield. “She was a very outgoing person.”

Littlefield said she would miss the friendly banter she and her fellow employees had with Robinson while working.

“It is going to be hard not having her here,” Littlefield said.

Robinson’s passion for hairstyling was clear, Littlefield said, from the moment she first met her, and was one of the reasons she hired her in June 2010.

“She was very outgoing, well dressed and had a good interview,” Littlefield said. “She seemed to really know a lot about hair and just wanted to help people out.”

Aside from cosmetology, Robinson, a dancer with City Dance for 14 years, liked to travel, shop and hike.

Jeff Shedd, principal at Cape Elizabeth High School, said he remembered Robinson as someone who worked hard and was well liked by her peers.

“Alicia was a very good school citizen. She worked hard. She was not involved in a lot of school activities, but she was involved very closely with her family and her close friends, to whom she was very loyal. She put a lot of value in them,” he said.

On Facebook, dozens of people have posted comments on a page called We Will Always Remember Alicia Elizabeth Robinson.

“Your smile was always brighter than the sun, you are the truest definition of a friend,” wrote Ryan Taylor.

“It is too hard to believe that someone so special, with so much life in them, so much energy, is now gone,” wrote Joanie Britton.

A funeral service was scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the South Portland Church of the Nazarene, 525 Highland Ave.

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