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Driver charged with 10 counts in fatal Maine wreck

Maine prosecutors have filed 10 charges against Scott Hewitt, the trucker with the alarming driving record who was involved in a fatal wreck on the Maine Turnpike in July.

Kennebec County District Attorney Evert Fowle told The Associated Press that Hewitt’s inattentiveness was to blame for the crash that killed Scarborough woman Tina Turcotte on July 29.

In addition, investigators found that Hewitt was not impaired at the time of the crash and that speed and the condition of his truck were not factors. Fowle said those findings ruled out a vehicular manslaughter charge.

Instead, Hewitt has been charged with operating after suspension, possession of a suspended license, operating without authority, operating after being placed out of service, false record of duty status, operating without a medical certificate, operating while in possession of a radar detector, operating while in possession of a controlled substance, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating without insurance.

Hewitt, who is being held in the Cumberland County Jail on unrelated charges, had 63 driving convictions on his record, according to The AP. He is scheduled to make a court appearance the week of September 25.

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