UMaine Machias Students Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Two students from the University of Maine at Machias were killed in a motorcycle crash.
Machias Police told WVII-TV that Ashley Falanka and Michael Koski, both age 19, were traveling east on Elm Street, near the Maine Wild Blueberry Co. factory, when their motorcycle collided with an oncoming car on Sunday afternoon. Police are now working to reconstruct the accident, but say it happened near the center line.
Both Falanka and Koski were enrolled at the University of Maine at Machias.Falanka was a psychology and community studies major from Mount Chase, while Koski was a marine biology major from Spencer, New York.
The car's driver was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.