New Hampshire Man Charged In Death Of Wells Resident

Following months of investigations, the Maine State Police have made an arrest in a deadly hit-and-run that took place in York County this past spring.

Troopers arrested 56-year-old Daniel E. Paul of Atkinson, New Hampshire Sunday morning. Authorities believe he was the man behind the wheel of a Ford Focus that was involved in a deadly crash along Route 1 in Wells on March 24th, 2026. Troopers had originally put out a request for the public's help, on March 30th, asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident to come forward. They said the crash took place initially at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 109, and ended a ways down the road by the Irving, on in the area of another intersection of Route 1 and the Mile Road.

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According to State Police, Paul's Focus collided with an Audi A4, driven by 50-year-old Greg Nolan, who lived in Wells. They say Paul fled the scene of the crash. Nolan, who had been injured in during the impact, died of those injuries on April 10th, 2026.

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"Paul was charged with Manslaughter, Aggravated Driving to Endanger, and Aggravated Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Serious Injury or Death...Paul will be arraigned at the Biddeford Unified Court on January 13, 2027."

For the past few months, law enforcement from multiple agencies across the state of Maine and New Hampshire, have been working on the case, including the the Police, Fire Department, and EMS of Wells, the Ogunquit Police Department, the York Police Department, the Maine State Police along with the New Hampshire State Police, and police in the town where Paul was from, Atkinson.

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