Car careens onto field during boys' baseball game, killing 1
SANFORD, Maine (AP) - Police say a car careened onto a Maine field during a boys' baseball game, striking and killing a man.
Sanford police say bystanders and ballplayers scattered when the car drove through an open gate at Goodall Park onto the field Friday night.
Sixty-eight-year-old West Newfield resident Douglas Parkhurst was hit. He died on the way to the hospital.
The car at one point struck a closed gate, sped toward the main gate and struck Parkhurst before speeding from the scene.
Police charged 51-year-old Carol Sharrow with manslaughter. She remained in York Couty Jail on Saturday.
Efforts to contact an attorney for Sharrow were unsuccessful.
A Facebook post from Sanford Maine Little League encouraged community members to support the boys and help them return to their field safely Sunday.