Tyler Babcock, 18, and Alex Chabre, 17, dead in single-vehicle crash on Route 15 in Glenburn, Maine
Local teens die in car crash in Glenburn
Two local teenagers were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 15 Sunday morning, near the Bangor city line, Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton said in a news release.
The crash happened at 6 a.m., when the driver of a four-door Toyota Corolla lost control of the vehicle while traveling north, leaving the roadway and striking several trees and splitting the vehicle in half.
Teens killed in Penobscot County crash identified
According to investigators, Babcock was driving northbound on Route 15 when he lost control of his car, striking several trees and splitting the vehicle in half.
Sheriff releases identities of Bangor teens killed in crash
“From Snapchat you can tell what they had been doing,” Mollie Greenier said, listing drinking alcohol and speeding. “It was typical teenage behavior. One Snapchat [of their speed] it was 92-point something [mph].”
Man sentenced for providing alcohol to teens before deadly car crash
Cornell Martin, who was convicted of two counts of furnishing alcohol to minors, was sentenced to 364 days in jail, with all but 45 suspended, and one year of probation, during which he must work 100 hours of community service, Marianne Lynch, assistant district attorney for Penobscot County, said Thursday.
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