Police in Hancock County have released the name of a Fletchers Landing man who was killed Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Route 179 when the pickup truck he was driving went off the road and he was thrown from the vehicle. 

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Ellsworth Police Chief Peter Bickmore says Louis L. Donathan, 46, was pronounced dead at the scene just north of the Patriot Road in Fletchers Landing on a stretch of Route 179 known as the North Road.

Investigators say Donathan's 2002 Ford Ranger was travelling well above the speed limit when it rolled over several times into a swampy area.

Sgt. Glenn Moshier said speed and alcohol both appear to be factors.

 

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