Township 7

Trooper Dana Austin responded to Route 1 in Township 7 for a two-vehicle motor vehicle crash with serious injuries. Trooper Austin arrived on scene and determined one of the operators, Ami Norton, 51, of Gouldsboro, was deceased at the scene. 

According to authorities, it appears that Ami crossed over the yellow center line and struck a dump body pickup head-on. The operator of that pickup, Kurt Guptill, 37, of Columbia, was transported to Northern Light Maine Coast for non-life-threatening injuries. 

Trooper Austin was assisted at the scene by Sergeant Jason Sattler, Trooper Clifford Peterson, Trooper Darren Vittum, the Ellsworth Police Department, the Gouldsboro Police Department, Gouldsboro Fire Department, Steuben Fire Department, and the Sullivan Fire Department.