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Runaway Tire From Logging Truck Kills Maine State Trooper on I-95

Matthew McDonald

A tire that separated from a logging truck struck and killed a Maine state police officer who had pulled over on Interstate 95 to help a motorist whose car had spun out in snowy conditions.

Detective Ben Campbell, 31, was on his way to direct training when he came upon a disabled vehicle at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in Hampden, Maine, about 5 miles southwest of Bangor in the central part of the state.

State Offers Cash To Deal With Shark Attacks on Cape Cod – But Only After They Occur
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State Offers Cash To Deal With Shark Attacks on Cape Cod – But Only After They Occur

Matthew McDonald

State officials are allocating $383,000 to provide emergency call boxes, satellite phones, and all-terrain vehicles to help victims of shark attacks on the Outer Cape – but nothing so far to prevent them.

Six Outer Cape towns are getting the money, including Truro and Wellfleet, where major shark attacks took place last summer. On August 15, a 61-year-old man in the water off Truro was seriously injured by a great white shark, sustaining wounds to his hip and torso that required extensive hospitalization. On September 15, a 26-year-old man in the water off Wellfleet was killed by a great white shark.

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