DURHAM, Maine— Maine State Police say a Lewiston man died when his car rolled over multiple times in Durham.
Barry Morrison, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash late Friday afternoon, Trooper Nathan Jamo told the Sun Journal of Lewiston.
Police say speed was “an overwhelming factor” and alcohol is suspected because there was an open can of beer in the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant.
Morrison was headed east on Soper Road when he lost control of the car and it rolled at least five or six times. An investigation is continuing.
Seems no matter how many times these things happen or how many times a person is told not to drink and drive it doesn’t matter, they’ll do it anyway. Too many times these people face this type of consequence. Very unfortunate.
It is legal to drink and then drive. So why is it such a crime to have one on the road. If your blood alcohol is below .08 what is the big deal. It is proven safer than texting while driving.
If gasoline and alcohol dont mix then why
does every Irving sell it ?
Even on Sundays.
Look…you sound VERY much like you are looking for someone to tell you its okay that you drive around drinking beer.
Its not. You sound like you have a problem and you should get help for it.
It’s called a Friday afternoon road soda. Probably over 50% of drivers have one.
No, and anyone who does is an alcoholic.
You should research the definition of alcoholic, cause you obviously don’t know.
Don’t have to. If you can’t stop drinking long enough to operate a motor vehicle, you’re an alcoholic.
I would rather meet another driver who has an open beer than a driver who just left the meth clinic.
In Somerset County, the newest fad is to drive around with open booze in a vehicle with the vehicle windows all tinted up. The 20yearold-somethings even brag about it on facebook,how they are drinking booze and giving the finger to cops in cruisers right next to them at traffic lights.
When I saw the headline, I figured he was a twenty something, not 53!
Here in Mass we have a cure for tinted window syndrome. It’s a light meter used at inspection time.
the little town of West Bridgewater Ma police department is the best cure for tinted window syndrome. No one drives by West Bridgewater police officers with tinted windows near the 30% border line with their standard issued ‘tint meters’ . Or any vehicles “emitting unnecessary or objectionable noise” exhaust noise or stereo, for that matter.
I used to drive 18 (Main Street) there on my daily commute.
We State Inspectors were told at the time of implementation it was because Police wanted to see what movements were happening inside when making vehicle stops. Made sense then and still does.
State Inspectors aka glorified gas station attendants.
I haven’t pumped gas for anyone else since high school, but have done stickers in new car dealerships in 3 States. I have won several awards from Mercedes Benz of North America during my 31 year career with them including one that I had to pay taxes on the $5k (1991 dollars) value of. When I retired, none of our 28 mechanic/inspectors were pumping gas.
Does that sound like a gas jockey, or are you just continuing to throw your stereotypes around today? I suspect the latter….
i owned for 20 years til i retired,an s class and a 300 series benz downgraded to a volvo s80[felt like i was in a breadbox], now just a simple reliable foreign high mpg car. you cant own a real car in northern maine
Where would one get service north of Augusta anyway? The only place to let them breath would be on 95 north of Bangor and the newer ones don’t care for a years long steady diet of potholes. In my opinion, the last Benz that could was the 81-89 126 chassis S class.
We have that same technology here in the backwoods of Maine. It’s like most laws in Maine, nobody gives a crap. How many times do you pass a cop on the road that’s not on their cell phone? The cops are too rapped up in themselves to pull someone over.
There is a law against tinted windows as dark as you describe. If the cop chooses to look the other way or is too lazy to pull these cars over and ticket them, then I guess the joke is on him or her.
Self-inflicted severe pain which results in a
permanent solution to a temporary problem. Stupid!
At least he didn’t take anyone with him like they usually do.
You know what Barry was an amazing person and those of you who don’t know him or didnt back off!! He was a great neighbor and friend
A dramatic headline intended to inspire outrage in all the rest of us… But what about the man who fell asleep at the wheel of his semi and hit that house in Jackman and killed a boy?? He got off scot-free.
How about the man from South Carolina who hit a mother and her baby IN A CROSSWALK in downtown Ellsworth?? We haven’t heard.
There is so much animosity towards drunk driving on our roads that we fail to remember that there are a lot of SOBER people who abuse their privilege of driving, too.
Who’s forgotten? Punishing those who are negligent is always a priority. Though that drive under the influence rightfully inspire animosity.
I’m just glad he didn’t kill anyone else because of his stupidity. Him he got what he deserved.
Sometimes an accident is just that, an accident.
“Speed was an overwhelming factor”
“Open can of beer”
Sometimes its not.
Probably on his way to the recycling center. I sometimes have lots of cans in the car,
Just to play devils advocate: the story states that an open beer can was found in the car, didn’t say the driver had been drinking. Maybe it would be better to wait for the toxicology report before jumping to judgement.
Not that many years ago the BAC limits were between .10 and .15 in many States, rather than the current .08 limit. How do these numbers relate? Back then a 200 Lb. male could drink a six pack of beer in a hour, and more than likely still fall below the .10 limit, and definitely below .15 ! And it wasn’t all that long ago that having a open container of alcohol in your vehicle was legal in many States as well.
The federal government forced the States to lower their legal limits or face loosing federal funding for their highways.
These changes, and the publics heightened awareness of the dangers, and legal ramifications, of drinking and driving have had positive results nationwide.
I fondly remember stopping at the local market on Fridays for a half pound of hot roasted cashews ” almost as big as your thumb ” and two ice cold 16oz cans of Narragansett beer for the drive home from work 30 years ago. All perfectly legal at the time.
Today I, and I’m sure the vast majority of others, wait to get home before “cracking open a cold one”. But boy, the ride home on Fridays after a hard day at work back then was certainly a enjoyable one.