By News staff
THORNDIKE, Maine (AP) -- Maine authorities say both speed and alcohol appear to be factors in a deadly car crash in Thorndike that killed a Rhode Island man and seriously injured two others.
The Waldo County Sheriff's office says the car hit a utility pole on Thursday night. Killed in the crash was 23-year-old Oscar Tizon-Brito, of Providence, R.I. The driver, 27-year-old Alvaro Soares, of Unity, and his sister, 22-year-old Kelley Soares, of Cranston, R.I., were flown by helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
The Waldo County Sheriff's Office told The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1292MSh ) that they are in serious condition. The group had been leaving a Fourth of July family gathering at the time of the crash.