A 36-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire, man was killed early Saturday in a two-vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 95 in Saco.
Felix Melo was driving a Hyundai Santa Fe that rear-ended a Ford Explorer in the center lane, a preliminary investigation found, the Bangor Daily News reported. Maine State Police spokesperson Aaron Turcotte said the crash happened at about 4:45 a.m. Melo was pronounced dead at the scene.
Yara Schneider, 42, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was driving the Explorer. She and her passenger, Ana Dos Santos Augusto, 24, also of Lowell, were treated and released at the scene.
The collision was near mile marker 39, WMTW reported. In an update just before 9 a.m., state police said all lanes were open again.
A Maine State Police reconstruction team responded to the scene and is aiding the investigation. The crash remained under investigation, WABI reported, and state police said further details will be released as they become available.
