WARREN, Maine — Police have identified the people involved in a fatal two-car crash in Warren on Sunday afternoon.
The crash occurred at about 1 p.m. at the intersection of Old Augusta Road and Ridge Road (Route 235) in Warren, when a 2012 Jeep Compass driving west on Old Augusta Road and a 2010 Acura MDX heading north on the Ridge Road collided, Knox County Sheriff Patrick Polky said.
A passenger in the Jeep, Loa Blake, 89, of St. George, died in the crash. The driver, Deborah Green, 70, of St. George, was taken by ambulance to the parking lot of nearby Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro and flown by a LifeFlight helicopter to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
The driver of the Acura — Vanessa Luce, 21, of Union — was taken by ambulance to MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital in Rockport with non-life threatening injuries.
The Jeep ended up in the woods. The victims in that car had to be removed with extrication equipment.
The intersection is the site of many accidents, including fatalities. The Maine Department of Transportation lists 10 crashes at the intersection from 2021 through 2023 with 13 injuries.
