Sanford man who died in car-bus crash identified

BERWICK, Maine - The Sanford man who died on Wednesday after his car was rear-ended and sent into the path of an oncoming school bus has been identified as 31-year-old Jeremiah Smith.

The accident occurred around 1:40 p.m. in the area of the intersection of Portland Street and Old Route 4.

According to Berwick police, a 42-year-old Sanford woman was driving a Toyota Rav 4 at the intersection of the two roadways when she rear-ended a Ford Fusion that was making a turn. The collision pushed the Ford Fusion into the path of a school bus driven by a 75-year-old man from Kittery.

Smith was pronounced dead at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H.

There were no students on the bus.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Berwick Police Sgt. Jeffrey Pilkington or Detective Wilfred Vachon at 698-1136.