READFIELD, Maine (AP) _ Police say one person was killed and two others injured in a Readfield car crash in which the driver says he swerved to avoid hitting a deer.
WMTW-TV reports the crash happened late Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-year-old driver Thorr Ellis of Gardiner told police he swerved to miss the deer. The car spun out, hit a boulder and flipped. A passenger who was not identified was killed in the accident. Ellis and 19-year-old passenger Bradley Plevyak were hurt in the crash.
Maine State Police are reconstructing the crash. Police say speed appears to have been a factor.
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