THORNDIKE - A July 4 car crash in Thorndike killed one person and seriously injured two others, according to Waldo County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Jeff Trafton.

Trafton said the single-car accident was reported at 7:22 p.m., Thursday.

The car, driven by Alvaro Soares, 27, of Unity was traveling southbound on Route 220 into Thorndike Village with two passengers, his sister Kelley Soares, 22, of Cranston, RI and her boyfriend Oscar Tizon Brito, 23, of Providence, RI, when it hit a utility pole, Trafton said.

Tizon Brito, who was in the passenger seat, was killed. Trafton said his death was "pretty much immediately confirmed." Kelley Soares, who was in the back seat, was ejected from the car, he said. The driver, Alvaro Soares and Tizon Brito were trapped inside by the impact, he said.

"It literally wrapped the car around the pole," Trafton said, noting that it took emergency crews "a couple of hours" to extricate the two men from the car.

Alvaro and Kelly Soares were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center with serious injuries, he said.

As of 1:30 p.m. Friday, Trafton said the case was still under active investigation.

"Speed and alcohol are suspected," he said, adding that accident reconstructionist was at the scene last night and again today.

Trafton said a detective is seeking blood test results from the hospital.

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