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Probe continues in fatal hit-and-run
BY CRAIG CROSBY
Staff Writer
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel 10/08/2008

WISCASSET -- Police continue to search for the driver who fled after striking down a Jefferson man last month.

Lt. Rand Maker of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department said his department continues to receive information regarding the Sept. 20 crash that claimed the life of 20-year-old Loren St. Cyr.

"I got information (Monday) that we'll follow up on," Maker said. "We're following up on all information and we'd welcome more."

St. Cyr was pronounced dead at the scene of the North Road accident after being struck by a 1996 Mercury Villager driven by James McKenna, 38, of Jefferson.

A week after the accident, Maker announced that St. Cyr, who was lying in the road when he was hit by the minivan, had already been struck by an unknown vehicle that left the scene.

McKenna waited at the scene of the accident.

Investigators are still awaiting results of toxicology tests, but Maker said he expects no charges against McKenna.

Lincoln County police officials held a news conference with members of St. Cyr's family Sept. 26 to make a public appeal for information to help investigators search for the driver of the first vehicle.

The department continues to receive information, but Maker renewed his call Monday that anyone with information call the sheriff's department, regardless of how unimportant or redundant it might seem.

"I'd rather hear about it again," Maker said.

Investigators, who have said they are unsure if St. Cyr survived the first collision, are developing a timeline to determine how much time separated the two collisions.

St. Cyr's vehicle was found within walking distance of where he was struck, but investigators have not said where St. Cyr was going or where he had been.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department phone number is 882-7332.

"We will continue to pursue information," Maker said. "We're not going away."

Craig Crosby--623-3811 Ext. 433

ccrosby@centralmaine.com

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