NEWBURGH, Maine — Maine State Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred Saturday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Newburgh.
According to Maine State Police, troopers responded at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, to a crash near mile marker 174, just north of the Exit 174 on-ramp.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a female driver was traveling northbound in the passing lane when her vehicle left the roadway and rolled over several times.
Police said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt and had to be extricated from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver has been identified as 58-year-old Darcel Geiser of Brewer.
Maine State Police were assisted at the scene by the Newburgh Fire Department, LifeFlight of Maine, the Maine Department of Transportation, and Bouchard and Sons Towing.
The crash remains under investigation.
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