Officials: 5-year-old killed in rural Hancock County crash

Car Crash Rural Hancock Maine in rural Hancock, Maine: A 5-year-old boy was killed in a single-vehicle crash in rural Hancock County, Maine, shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday. A state trooper arrived at the scene and found the child in the front passenger seat in rapidly deteriorating condition; life-saving measures were performed but the child was pronounced deceased at the scene. The vehicle's other two occupants — the child's father and 10-month-old sister — were transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center with injuries not believed to be life-threatening. State police stated both children were not properly restrained at the time of the crash, and Route 9 was closed for several hours as the investigation continued.