Police say the vehicle was apparently heading north on Route 1 in Princeton, just over the Baileyville town line when for an unknown reason, it left the road and struck a tree. The car flipped onto its roof and caught fire. A cellular-phone caller reporting the crash to the Washington County Sheriff's Department just before 6 o'clock Sunday morning. Indian Township Police and Ambulance, the Princeton Fire Department and Baileyville Police responded to the scene, 1.3 miles south of the South Princeton Road on Route 1. White said the fire was so hot it burned the vehicle identification number plates as well as the registration plates.
Police believe speed was a factor in the crash, and the investigation is continuing.
We understand large rocks have been heading up and down the Eastern seaboard. A heavy piece of Maine granite from the historic Red Beach quarry in Calais was welcomed last week by Mayor Jimmy Weekley of Key West, Florida. This gift from the City of Calais will be the southernmost trailhead marker for the East Coast Greenway. In a symbolic connection, the City of Key West has sent a piece of Key Largo limestone to serve as the Calais Gateway trailhead marker. This network of municipal, county, state and federal multi-use paths is to provide a continuous route from Florida to Maine.