PARIS, Maine — Police are investigating a Sunday afternoon crash in Paris that happened less than an hour after the same woman crashed the same car on the same road in Buckfield.
Paris police officer Tim Gamache reported that Maria Alleano, 54, of Turner crashed about 2:30 p.m. on Route 117 in Paris near the intersection of Reservoir Road. Gamache said Alleano was westbound on Route 117 when she fell asleep at the wheel of her Chevrolet Trailblazer, crossed the center lane and drove off the road into a tree.
Gamache said Alleano was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital. No information was available about her condition Sunday night.
The crash in Paris was actually Alleano’s second of the afternoon, according to Gamache. He said that Alleano crashed about 45 minutes earlier in Buckfield, also while driving on Route 117. He said her car slid off the road into a snowbank in that accident.
He did not know if any crash report had been filed on that crash or if a tow truck simply pulled Alleano from the snowbank.
“She fell asleep. She had no idea what happened and didn’t remember any crash,” Gamache said.
Gamache said authorities believe that Alleano’s medication might have been a factor in the crashes. He said the crash remains under investigation.
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Anyone agree she shouldn’t be driving?
Yep.
At least until she is medically cleared…
Can happen to anyone–shift work, meds, interaction with a food and meds, even Over the Counter stuff…
If you cannot stay awake, get off the road and nap!
Yep, and then get arrested for loitering???
yep
“He did not know if any crash report had been filed on that crash or if a tow truck simply pulled Alleano from the snowbank.”
Seeing how everyone wants to make laws on everything, if this above statement is accurate (which we may never know) why not require a tow truck driver to call such incidents to state police, seeing how people do not use any logic when they crash the first time. Let’s be real here, someone could have gotten killed, maybe a Police Officer who was aware of this before hand might have been able to determine if this driver was in any condition to drive.
Poss. concussion…..?
Ahh the long awaited follow up to the hit video “1 Night in Paris”, “1 day in Paris”. Both feature objects crashing into other objects…..
If she was taking meds that say you are not to drive or operate machinery, then she is just as guilty as a dui driver. The officer should have checked this out, and ticketed her accordingly. Thank the driving Gods that no one was hurt or worse.
Sudden onset of narcolepsy? Or after the first unexplained ‘snowbank’, just got careless?
You have to understand; she simply didn’t get it done right the first time.