SULLIVAN, Maine (WABI) - A Milbridge man is dead after a crash that closed Route 1 in Sullivan near the intersection of Taunton Drive for several hours Tuesday morning.

According to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department, 32-year-old Gared Birdtail was driving at a high rate of speed when his vehicle left the road, struck a tree, rolled onto its roof, and hit a second tree before coming to a stop.

The Sheriff’s Department says Birdtail was the only person in the vehicle.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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