A man died in the coastal town of Seaport on Saturday, after a tree limb fell onto his car and brought power lines down with it.
brought strong winds, heavy rain and dangerous storm surge to parts of New England and southeastern Canada this weekend.
According WABI, the incident happened while the man was driving along Route 1 near Prospect Street at around 9 a.m. ET on Saturday morning, which coincided with strong winds that ripped through the area with Lee's arrival. Emergency personnel who responded to the scene had to wait for crews from Central Maine Power to cut electricity to the downed lines before they could remove the man from his car, according to the station and the Associated Press.
Maine State Police urged people to"stay vigilant" while driving on Saturday, warning about the possibility of falling trees and debris caused by Lee's winds in a. The post included an image of a shattered van windshield that part of a tree had crashed through, which belonged to a man from Ohio who was driving south on Route 11 in Moro Plantation when he"he observed a large tree that was falling into the roadway," the state police force said.
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