Driver in Dayton triple fatal was repeat offender, records show - Press Herald
The driver in a weekend crash in Dayton that killed all three people in the vehicle was a habitual offender with multiple suspensions on her license, according to state records. Jill Ann Theriault, 33, was driving a family member’s Buick Rainier about 11 p. m. Saturday on Gould Road when she lost control of the SUV on a curve and slammed into some trees, coming to rest overturned on the driver’s side. It appears the group was coming from Sanford and headed to where Theriault was staying with family members in Dayton, a couple of miles from the crash site, Maine State Police said. Witnesses who responded to the crash reported smelling alcoholic beverages at the site, Trooper Jonathan Heimbach said, adding that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner would determine whether alcohol played a role in the crash based on blood... Theriault had several active suspensions on her license and in 2014 was listed as a habitual offender in the Bureau of Motor Vehicles database after three convictions for operating after suspension within a five-year period. Theriault’s license was first suspended in 2000 when she was 18 and was charged with drunken driving, with a blood-alcohol content of. 15, almost twice the legal limit. She was convicted of operating without a license in 2004. failure to have insurance and violating the seat belt law in 2011. operating after suspension, failure to appear in court and failure to pay child. Source: www.pressherald.com
