PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 22, 2020
Three men died Saturday in separate ATV crashes in Maine, the Maine Warden Service said. Around 10 a.m. Saturday in The Forks, Joshua Violette, 32, of Readfield was the fifth driver in a group of nine when he hit a dip in the road, lost control and flipped his ATV. He died at the scene. Violette’s passenger, Ashlie Dostie, 33, of Mount Vernon had injuries that were not life-threatening. Neither rider was wearing a helmet. A few minutes later in Anson, Roland Robitaille, 69, of Freedom was riding in a line of seven ATVs on a trail behind the Solon Road. He went over a bridge on the trail, lost control, and was thrown from his vehicle. Robitaille was not wearing a helmet. That night in Lang Township, Tyler Curry, 29, of Groton, Massachusetts, was riding alone on a private access road. Just before crossing a bridge, he made a left turn and slid off the bridge and into the river. Curry was not wearing a helmet.