LIVE IN SEBAGO – ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT. THESE TREES GIVE YOU JUST A SMALL TASTE OF THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND BY THOSE STORMS. JUST DOWN THE ROAD – THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS CONFIRMING A 9 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS KILLED WHEN THE CAR THEY WERE IN WAS CRUSHED UNDER A TREE.> 04:09:45:03 JOHN COTTER, HELPED RESCUE NEIGHBORS AFTER STORM “IN THE MATTER OF A HALF HOUR, PEOPLE’S LIVES WERE CHANGED. JUST LIKE THAT.” DEBRIS AROUND EVERY CORNER… AFTER THE SEBAGO LAKE AREA WAS ROCKED BY POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS. THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS SAY A 9 YEAR OLD DIED WHEN A TREE FELL ONTO A CAR AT THIS CAMPGROUND. :04 <04:09:35:18 HELPED RESCUE NEIGHBORS AFTER STORM “WALKING BACK AFTERWARDS, IT LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE A WARZONE FROM WHAT I SAW.”> JOHN COTTER – AN E-M-S WORKER ON VACATION- RUNNING TO THAT CAMPGROUND TO HELP WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE… SHARING THESE PHOTOS OF UPROOTED TREES FALLING ONTO NEARBY CARS AND BUILDINGS. < 03:59:23:21 SAM MINERVINE, SEBAGO “IT LOOKS LIKES APOCALYPSE COMING THROUGH. WE CAN’T EVEN GET IN. THERE IS A TREE DOWN ON ONE END WITH WIRES.”> SIMILAR SCENES ACROSS THE REGION… DOWNED THE TOWN OF SEBAGO HAS SET UP AN EMERGENCY SHELTER AT THE TOWN HALL WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME ACCESS ELECTRICITY, SHOWERS AN
Authorities release the name of Maine child killed, crushed by a tree during Thursday storm
Hallie Oldham, a 9-year-old from Poland, ME, was killed when a pine tree fell on the roof of the car she was in at Sebago Lake Family Campground in Standish.
Hallie Oldham, a 9-year-old from Poland, Maine, was killed when a large pine tree fell on the roof of the car she was in during severe thunderstorms on Thursday. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office released her name in a press release Saturday. According to that release, her parents Jarod and Jennifer Oldham, were preparing to leave Sebago Lake Family Campground in Standish to escape the storm when two pines were uprooted in the storm. One hit the awning of the family’s camper and crushed their truck and the other hit the vehicle occupied by Hallie, her younger sister and their mother. Their father was outside the vehicle. Friends of the Oldham family established a GoFundMe account for the family.
Hallie Oldham, a 9-year-old from Poland, Maine, was killed when a large pine tree fell on the roof of the car she was in during severe thunderstorms on Thursday. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office released her name in a press release Saturday.
According to that release, her parents Jarod and Jennifer Oldham, were preparing to leave Sebago Lake Family Campground in Standish to escape the storm when two pines were uprooted in the storm. One hit the awning of the family’s camper and crushed their truck and the other hit the vehicle occupied by Hallie, her younger sister and their mother. Their father was outside the vehicle.
Friends of the Oldham family established a GoFundMe account for the family.
