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BENTON, Maine - A 20-year-old Clinton died on Sunday when his vehicle traveling north on Interstate 95 left the roadway in the town of Benton.
The accident occurred around 4:15 p.m. when troopers say his vehicle left the roadway in the area of mile-marker 134. A roadside investigation showed that 20-year-old Isaiah Mathieu of Clinton failed to negotiate a bend in the roadway, before going off the right side and striking the guardrail. Mathieu's vehicle, a 2004 Chevrolet Trax, then continued on into a ditch near the tree line.
Mathieu was declared deceased at the scene.
The exact cause is is unknown; however speed and failure to negotiate the roadway were cited as contributing factors. The crash remains under investigation.
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