NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Investigators say the sun may have blinded an 87-year-old woman who was killed when she drove off a highway into an embankment in central Maine.

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department says a car driven by Louise Wyman of Anson careened off Route 201A in Norridgewock on Thursday. She later died of her injuries at Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Lt. Carl Gottardi told the Bangor Daily News (http://bit.ly/sfitpc) that a witness who was driving behind Wyman’s car was also blinded by the sun at the time of the accident.

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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangordailynews.com

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