Woman Arrested For Crash That Killed Two Maine DOT Workers
According to a press release from the Maine Department of Public Safety, an arrest has been made in connection with the January 2026 crash that took the lives of two Maine DOT workers and injured a third worker.
The press release explains that the Maine State Police arrested 34-year-old Samantha Tupper, of Augusta, at around 6:30 Friday morning, September 25, following her indictment by a Kennebec County Grand Jury.
Tupper was indicted Thursday on two counts of Manslaughter, two counts of Aggravated Driving to Endanger, two counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child and one count of Aggravated Assault.
Police arrested Tupper without incident at a residence on Mayflower Road in Augusta. She was taken to the Kennebec County Jail, where bail was set at $50,000.
The charges stem from a January 13 crash on I-95 southbound near mile marker 127 in Waterville.
According to investigators, Tupper was driving a minivan when she failed to stop at a posted stop sign at the end of the Kennedy Memorial Drive on-ramp. Her vehicle then attempted to enter the passing lane, where it was struck by a tractor-trailer.
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The impact pushed Tupper's vehicle into an active MaineDOT work zone, where it struck three workers.
Two of those workers, 60-year-old James Brown and 51-year-old Dwayne Campbell, both of Waterville, were killed. A third MaineDOT worker was injured.
***NOTE - All suspects are considered innocent until being found guilty in a court of law
Tupper remains at the Kennebec County Jail pending her initial court appearance. The investigation and court proceedings remain ongoing.