Police on Friday identified the two victims of a fatal car crash in Dixmont that occurred Wednesday afternoon.
Andrew Clark, 34, of Belfast and Doreen Spinney, 74, of Dixmont both died at the scene of the crash, which occurred at 12:40 p.m. at Western Avenue, which is also Route 9, the Penobscot County sheriff’s office said.
Clark was traveling west at a high speed and trying to pass other cars when he hit Spinney’s sedan, which was in the oncoming lane, while approaching the top of a hill, the sheriff’s office said.
Both Clark and Spinney were traveling alone in their vehicles at the time, police said.
The investigation is ongoing and no other details will be released until testing and crash analysis are completed.