BIDDEFORD, Maine
(AP) — Police say a Rhode Island man was charged with vehicular
manslaughter and felony drunken driving following a crash that claimed
the life of his passenger in Biddeford, Maine.
Deputy
Chief JoAnne Fisk says 20-year-old Anthony Ciccone of Pepperell, Mass.,
was killed when the Ford Explorer crashed into a utility pole early
Sunday.
She says the driver, 20-year-old Christopher Bennett of
Johnston, R.I., was booked in the York County Jail on $300,000 bail
after getting medical treatment. There was no paperwork indicating he
had a lawyer.
Police say the episode unfolded when two men
suspected of being intoxicated tried to force their way into a dorm room
at the University of New England before driving away. Police say the
men were visiting friends at UNE.
