1 dead, 22 injured when Maine hayride flips

Emergency personnel work at the site of a hayride rollover that injured multiple people Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls on Route 126, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Police in Maine confirm a teen has died and two remain in critical condition after the crash crashed. At least 20 other passengers were taken to area hospitals for treatment. (AP Photo/Maine Today, Gabe Souza)

People gather around a fire at Harvest Hill Farms after a hayride accident that injured multiple people Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, in in Mechanic Falls, Me. Police in Maine confirm a teen has died and two remain in critical condition after the crash. At least 20 other passengers were taken to area hospitals for treatment. (AP Photo/Maine Today, Gabe Souza)

Mark Bosse, chief of the Poland, Maine Fire Department, works at Harvest Hill Farms, the site of a hayride accident that injured multiple people Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Police in Maine confirm a teen has died and two remain in critical condition after the crash. At least 20 other passengers were taken to area hospitals for treatment. (AP Photo/Maine Today, Gabe Souza)

Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins briefs the media on the accident at Harvest Hill Farms in Mechanic Falls, Me., that injured multiple people Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Police in Maine confirm a teen has died and two remain in critical condition after the crash. At least 20 other passengers were taken to area hospitals for treatment. (AP Photo/Maine Today, Gabe Souza)

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By PATRICK WHITTLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 12, 2014 - 10:55 am

MECHANIC FALLS, Maine — Maine state police have identified the 17-year-old killed when a haunted hayride careened out of control down a hill and sent passengers hurtling to the ground.

Police say Cassidy Charette of Oakland died from injuries sustained in Saturday night’s crash. More than 20 people were on board.

A police spokesman says Cassidy was among a group of Messalonskee High School students at the Mechanic Falls farm. Another student — 16-year-old Connor Garland of Belgrade — was seriously injured and is being treated at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Police have identified the driver hauling the flatbed trailer with an SUV as 54-year-old David Brown of South Paris. He remains hospitalized.

A spokesman for the farm where the accident occurred says Brown is an experienced trucker who has a commercial driver’s license.

Police say many of the injured have been treated and released.