CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — Police say a couple is dead after the vehicle they were in collided with a dump truck in northeastern Maine.
Caribou Police say the crash happened around 1 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Route 1 and the Caribou Connector.
WAGM-TV reports police say 84-year-old Robert Plummer, of Fort Fairfield, was driving a 2007 Honda CRV and failed to yield. He was then hit by an International dump truck owned by the Caribou Public Works Department.
Police say a 40-year-old Caribou man was driving the dump truck.
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