The Androscoggin Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that left a Gorham man dead in Poland on Tuesday.
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At approximately 3:40 p.m., deputies, along with Poland Fire-Rescue, responded to Plains Road in the 300 block to reports of a head-on collision involving two vehicles.
Deputies arrived to discover one driver, Dylan Sanphy, 26, of Gorham, dead on the scene.
A preliminary investigation reportedly revealed that Edward Morris, 52, of Mechanic Falls, was traveling westbound on Plains Road in a silver 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 while towing a snowmobile trailer.
At the same time, Sanphy was reportedly driving eastbound in a gray 2016 Jeep Cherokee when he allegedly tried to pass another vehicle.
While passing, Sanphy allegedly smashed head-on into Morris’s vehicle.
In addition to Sanphy’s death, two adult female passengers in Morris’s Jeep were seriously injured and transported to the Maine Medical Center for treatment.
After an on-scene evaluation, Morris was determined not to need hospitalization.
The vehicle that Sanphy passed was reportedly a Subaru that did not stay on scene, but after the initial press release on Wednesday morning, the drivers came forward and spoke with law enforcement.
