(Update 10/20/2025) The names have been released for the individuals involved in a fatal motor vehicle at the intersection of River Road and Old Augusta Road, in Warren, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. The names have been incorporated into the article below.

WARREN — A woman has succumbed at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, and her adult daughter has been transported to a major hospital following the crash at the intersection of Old Augusta Road and Ridge Road, in Warren, Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2025. Warren Fire Department was notified of the crash at 2:56 p.m. through their electronic alert system.

The woman who succumbed, Loa Blake, 89, of Saint George, was the passenger, and her daughter, Deborah Green, 70, of Saint George, was the driver of a blue 2012 Jeep Compass that went off the roadway and into some trees following impact with another vehicle. The driver and sole occupant of the other vehicle, Vanessa Luce, 21, of Union, was driving a black 2010 Acura MDX, and sustained minor injuries. She was transported to a local hospital.

That intersection is a two-way stop, with operators stopping along Old Augusta Road, but not Ridge Road. According to Knox County Sheriff Patrick Polky, witnesses stated that the Jeep Compass had stopped at the Old Augusta Road stop sign before proceeding through in a westerly direction. The vehicle was reportedly in the intersection when the Acura MDX came into sight along Ridge Road (Rt. 235) from the south, hitting the Jeep and sending it spinning into the trees while the Acura spun around and came to a stop in the intersection.

According to Warren Fire Chief Greg Andrews, Warren firefighters used chainsaws to cut away tree limbs from around the Jeep before switching to cutters, splitters, and spreaders from their extrication toolbox to get to the women in the Jeep.

As Waldoboro EMS helped at the scene, some Waldoboro firefighters were requested to set up a landing zone at Medomak Valley High School to await LifeFlight of Maine. More Waldoboro firefighters were requested to block traffic at the Manktown Road intersection of Route 235.

Reconstructionists from the State Police responded to the scene to take measurements and coordinates, and the District Attorney’s Office has been notified. Both the DA’s Office and reconstruction response are required at every fatal crash, according to Polky. However, there are other situations that could possibly require a notification to those entities.

This Ridge Road and Old Augusta Road intersection has garnered a reputation by some locals as a common location for crashes, though Maine DOT has previously reduced the slope of the hill on Ridge Road that leads to the intersection from the south.

Hillside Towing towed the vehicles.

The intersection reopened at 3:54 p.m. 

Along with the Knox County Sheriff's Office, assisting agencies were Knox Regional Communications Center, Warren Fire and EMS, Waldoboro Fire, EMS, and Police, Lifeflight, State Police, District Attorney, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Hall Funeral Homes, and Hillside Towing.