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Teen dead, more than 20 hurt in hayride crash
Hayride Accident Heal
People gather around a fire at Harvest Hill Farms after a hayride accident that injured multiple people Saturday in in Mechanic Falls, Me. Police in Maine confirm a teen has died and two remain in critical condition after the crash. At least 20 other passengers were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
MECHANIC FALLS, Maine - A Halloween-themed hayride loaded with passengers crashed down a hill in the Maine woods and slammed into a tree, fatally injuring a teenage girl and leaving more than 20 other people hurt, police said Sunday. Seventeen-year-old Cassidy Charette of Oakland died from her injuries after the Gauntlet Haunted Night Ride wagon overturned Saturday night at a rural farm in Mechanic Falls, authorities said. The crash "threw everyone off the trailer and into each other and into trees," said Sgt. Joel Davis of the state fire marshal's office.
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