CHERRYFIELD, ME — A 5-year-old boy died Thursday night following a single-vehicle crash in TWP 22.
At approximately 11:26 p.m., a Maine State Police trooper came upon the crash at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 193.
The trooper located the boy in the front passenger seat in rapidly deteriorating condition.
Troopers immediately began life-saving measures until EMS personnel arrived.
Despite those efforts, the child was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver, 33-year-old Dion Campbell of Indiana, and a 10-month-old girl were transported to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Campbell is the father of both children.
The three were the only occupants in the vehicle.
The preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection before striking an embankment.
The investigation also indicates that both children were not properly restrained at the time of the crash.
Route 9 was closed for several hours while the scene was processed.
Assisting at the scene were the Cherryfield, Osborn, and Aurora Fire Departments, Bold Coast EMS, and Northern Light EMS.
