Fatal Crash

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at approximately 2:23 PM, the Maine State Police responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Route 1 in Milbridge. The initial investigation indicates that 79-year-old Clyde Samuelson Jr. of Columbia, was traveling east on Route 1 in a 2011 Ford pickup truck when the vehicle left the roadway on the north side and entered a ditch between Route 1 and the Sunrise Trail. Samuelson was the sole occupant of the vehicle.

First responders removed Samuelson from the vehicle and initiated life-saving measures but unfortunately, those efforts were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Traffic was not impacted during the response.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Department and the Milbridge Fire Department assisted on scene. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.