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St. Albans crash leaves 24-year-old mother dead, 3-year-old son injured

Chelsey Roy, 24, of St. Albans died in the crash. Her three-year-old son sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

ST ALBANS, Maine — A 24-year-old woman died, and her three-year-old son was injured in a crash in St. Albans Thursday morning, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office said.

According to police, the fatal single-car crash happened on Palmyra Road near the Magoon Road intersection around 6:30 a.m. 

Police said Chelsey Roy, 24, of St. Albans, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze when she drove off the other side of the road and hit a tree. She was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police, she was not wearing a seatbelt.

Roy’s three-year-old son, who was secured in a child safety seat in the backseat of the car, was taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but police said speed and alcohol do not appear to be contributing factors.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to cover Roy's final expenses. According to the GoFundMe organizer, Amanda Morrill, Roy was a college student, studying to be a dental hygienist. 

"When I say Chelsey was an amazing young woman, I truly mean it. There was nothing she wouldn't do for those she loved," Morrill says on the fundraiser page. " [...] Everyone that knew Chelsey knew the light she was. Always smiling and putting other's needs & wants above her own but continuously working towards her goals."

In an update Friday, Morrill said Roy's son was cleared to go home from the hospital. 

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