Just after 5 p.m. today, July 17, deputies from the Knox County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 1 (Atlantic Highway) in Warren near Sandy Shores Road.

According to witness statements, Joseph Kennedy, was in his vehicle, stopped, facing northbound, and waiting to turn left in traffic.  April Pease, 28, of Pittston, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet sedan in the same direction.

According to the sheriff’s office report, Pease was unable to stop in time. She swerved to the right to avoid hitting Kennedy from behind and lost control of her vehicle.

Pease swerved towards the ditch and apparently over-corrected, going around Kennedy's vehicle and proceeded in to the southbound lane striking a 2011 Honda sedan almost head-on.

Richard Zauft, 63, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, had been traveling southbound and could not react in time to avoid being hit by Pease.

Zauft and a passenger in Zauft's car, along with April Pease, suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Pen-Bay Medical Center, in Rockport. Pease was issued a summons for an illegal pass.

Assistance was provided by Knox County Regional Communications Center, Warren Fire and Ambulance Dept., Waldoboro Ambulance, and Thomaston Ambulance.