HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) -- A Vermont man visiting family in Maine has died in a car crash just miles from his destination.
Police say Douglas Dapice, 70, of South Burlington, Vt., was driving north on Interstate 95 in Hampden just after 4 p.m. Thursday when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
Police say he awoke after traveling over the rumble strip, overcompensated, sending the car into a skid and into the median, where it struck a large rock, went airborne and hit a tree.
He was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor where he died.
His wife, Lynne, 69, was hospitalized with injuries not considered life threatening.
Police tell the Bangor Daily News both were wearing seat belts. They were heading to Brewer.
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