STOCKTON SPRINGS - A 79-year old man died in a crash Monday afternoon on Route 1 that involved three vehicles.

Lt. Aaron Hayden of Maine State Police said Tuesday that the collision that killed Philip Grindle followed a rear end collision between two other vehicles.

A Toyota Corolla driven by Marcia Evans was traveling north on Route 1 at around 3:40 p.m., Hayden said, when the driver slowed to turn onto Muskrat Farm Road and was rear ended by a Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV driven by Jacob Smith who had one passenger in the vehicle.

The SUV went into the lane of oncoming traffic and hit the Hyundai Elantra driven by Grindle head on, he said.

Grindle died at the scene. All three occupants of the other vehicles were transported to Waldo County General Hospital with injuries. All were treated and released according to a representative of the hospital. 

Hayden said the cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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