AUGUSTA, Maine — State Police say one person is dead and three others suffered injuries after a head-on crash on I-95 northbound in Augusta Saturday night.
Police have identified the woman who died when she drove her car the wrong-way on the highway between the Western Ave. and Civic Center Drive exits in Augusta. Twenty-two-year-old Sierra Prescott from Saco was killed instantly in the crash. Police are still investigating why Prescott drove the wrong way.
Two other cars were also involved in the incident, and one woman, 41-year-old Shuba Raja, was flown by a Lifeflight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. The two other drivers were taken to MaineGeneral with minor injuries.
The northbound lanes of the interstate in Augusta were closed for three hours, as troopers investigated the crash, said State Police Spokesman Steve McCausland.