Two adults and four children — ages 7 to 14 — were traveling south in an SUV on the Maine Turnpike early Wednesday morning when their U-Haul trailer started to become detached and they pulled off on the right shoulder in New Gloucester, according to Maine State Police.

The trailer, now connected to their 2017 GMC Acadia only by the safety chains, was still partially in the roadway shortly before 4:30 a.m. when the two adults — a man and a woman — and two of the kids exited their vehicle to fix the issue, police said.

At that time, a 2015 Audi SUV struck the trailer and the GMC from behind.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The man, who had been driving the GMC, was taken to Maine Medical Center, where he later died. All four children suffered minor injuries and were also trans

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