ELLSWORTH, ME : Blue Hill man killed in head-on crash in Ellsworth on Thursday, 25th July 2019

A Blue Hill man was killed on Thursday afternoon when the truck he was driving collided head-on with a car driven by 82-year-old James Steenstra of Hancock, according to a statement from the Ellsworth Police Department.

Steenstra’s car, a Nissan, was heading south on Route 1A around 1:25 p.m. when witnesses told police it crossed over into the path of the truck, driven by 57-year-old Nathan Rapp, which was heading north.

Rapp was dead at the scene, according to police.

A 15-year-old passenger in Rapp’s truck was taken to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital for observation.

Steenstra and his passenger, 79-year-old Virginia Steenstra, were taken to Maine Coast with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Both vehicles sustained extensive front-end damage and Ellsworth Fire Department personnel extricated both drivers.

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