ROYALSTON – A woman from Royalston was killed in an ATV accident when the vehicle struck a washout on a trail in Maine.

Abigail Divoll, 25, of Royalston, was a passenger in a side-by-side ATV driven by Matthew Tolman, 26, of Hubbardstown, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The pair were in the lead ATV in a group of three vehicles when they struck a washout on a trail near the Coplin Plantation, Maine, and lost control. Tolman was thrown from the ATV and suffered a serious head injury, and Divoll was killed in the crash.

The Maine Warden Service is investigating the accident, which was reported on Saturday, July 1, at 12:45 p.m. near the Quill Hill Road.

Tolman was flown from the scene in a Life Flight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland. Neither Divoll nor Tolman were wearing helmets, and it appears that speed and alcohol may have been a factor.

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