Fatal crashes have increased as traffic has declined during the pandemic in Maine Contributed • December 14, 2020 By Eesha Pendharkar, Bangor Daily News Staff More Mainers have died from fatal crashes in 2020 than last year even with less traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a state official citing cases of reckless driving on more open roads. As of Friday, 158 people have died in car crashes in Maine this year, which is 11 more than the number who died by the same date in 2019 and one more than died in all of last year, according to the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety data. B...