Anthony Smalley, 39, died in a car crash on Route 1 in Hancock on Monday evening. Credit: Courtesy of the Maine Department of Public Safety

A Hancock man died in a crash on Route 1 on Monday evening.

At around 7:30 p.m., officers with the Maine State Police received a call about a single-vehicle crash in Hancock, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Anthony Smalley, 39, left the road and struck a tree head-on. He died at the scene of the crash.

The circumstances of the crash are under investigation, but police believe that Smalley may have fallen asleep or experienced a medical event leading to the crash.

Leela Stockley is an alumna of the University of Maine. She lives in northern Maine with her two pugs and a cat. Send videos and photo submissions to lstockley@bangordailynews.com.

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