Driver kills self during traffic stop, another body found in trunk, police say
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Police in Maine are investigating two deaths Friday after a driver shot himself the day before during a traffic stop and then police found a second body inside the trunk of his vehicle.
The traffic stop occurred Thursday afternoon along Interstate 295 in Gardiner, about 49 miles northeast of Portland.
“The operator, a man, immediately got of the vehicle and shot himself resulting in his death,” Maine State Police said in a statement. “While conducting the investigation a body was located in the trunk.”
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Police did not disclose any details about the identities of both people, but said there is “no ongoing threat to the public.”
The vehicle pulled over, according to a report, was a blue Subaru with Massachusetts license plates.
Both bodies have since been sent to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta for investigation, police said.
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Fox News' Greg Norman contributed to this report.