2008's second wrong-way turnpike crash
Today marks what Maine State Police could be the second fatal wrong-way crash on the Maine Turnpike.
An Augusta man died this morning after he reportedly drove four miles going the wrong way down the turnpike and crashed head-on into another vehicle.
The accident happened at 2 a.m. at Mile Marker 117.
What police have yet to confirm is if Jeffery Blais, 53, was headed north in the southbound lanes intentionally when he hit Shannon Casey, a 32 year-old Portland woman, and his vehicle went up into flames.
Such horrific accidents, though not common, have been seen on our turnpike this year.
Donna Bartlett was charged with manslaughter and aggravated drunken driving after allegedly driving south in the northbound lanes for several miles near Ogunquit before hitting a limousine, killing two people, one of them a 15 year-old boy.