A 20-year-old Madawaska died Friday afternoon in a head-on collision on Highway 1 near the Grand Isle-Madawaska Town line.
Madawaska police and emergency personnel responded to the crash around 1:00 p.m. at a curve in the road not far from the Grand Isle rest area.
The victim of the accident was identified as 20-year-old Vincent Thibeault of Madawaska. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The driver of the other vehicle, Carol Roy, 56, also from Madawaska, was transported by ambulance to the Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent with what authorities believe were non-life-threatening injuries.
Emergency responders from Madawaska, Grand Isle, Frenchville and Van Buren responded to the scene.
Route 1 between Beaulieu and Morneault roads was closed for several hours on Friday afternoon. No further information has been released at this time.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation. We’ll update this post as we learn more.
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