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Maine state police officer injured in highway accident

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A member of the Maine State Police was injured on a road in southern Maine earlier this week.

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We were informed that the incident occurred on Wednesday around 11:00 am.

According to Shannon Moss, spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, the trooper was traveling on the highway when another driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with his patrol car.

Cruiser by Cpl. Booth, Maine Department of Public Safety

“Cpl. Garret Booth was driving north on I-95 in Sidney when a 2019 Kia Optima driven by 34-year-old Keishaunna Tavares of San Diego, California, fell asleep, causing her to press her foot on the accelerator and her vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably, striking Cpl. Booth’s patrol car at a high rate of speed. Cpl. Booth sustained an arm injury and was transported to Maine General Medical Center in Augusta for evaluation.”

Accident in Sidney, Maine Department of Public Safety

Tavares, who was uninjured, was charged with “losing control of her motor vehicle.”

Booth was eventually released from the hospital.

Both vehicles were towed from the scene of the accident because they were damaged by the force of the collision.

State police said the accident is still under investigation.

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