A 1999 Oldsmobile sedan driven by Crystal Hewitt of Turner is at the side of Washington Street in Auburn on Friday morning after it was struck by a pickup truck at the intersection with Exit 75 of the Maine Turnpike. Hewitt, 48, was taken to a hospital where she died, police said.
AUBURN – Police are investigating an early morning collision that left a Turner woman dead and sent her passenger to the hospital.
Auburn police said James Bannister, 57, of Turner was driving a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup truck south on Washington Street, at the intersection with Exit 75, when he collided with Crystal Hewitt’s 1999 Oldsmobile at 1:39 a.m. Friday.
Hewitt, 48, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center and died a short time later, according to police. Her passenger, Janae Ulicki, 22, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, was treated at the hospital and released.
Bannister was treated at the scene for injuries not considered life threatening.
Auburn police shut down a section of Washington Street for several hours before reopening around 7 a.m. Lewiston police are helping Auburn reconstruct the accident scene.
Auburn police said early indications were that alcohol was not a factor in the wreck.
A Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by James Bannister of Turner sits at the intersection of Washington Street and Exit 75 of the Maine Turnpike in Auburn early Friday morning. The truck and a car driven by after a collision with a car. Bannister’s truck and a car driven by
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