(WHDH) — A Maine woman who went missing on Friday night was found dead Sunday in a submerged vehicle in Parsonsfield, authorities announced.
Deputies responding to a report of a vehicle in the Ossipee River around 1 p.m. found 28-year-old Sarah McCarthy, of Sebago, deceased inside, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.
McCarthy had last been seen leaving Fairgrounds Pizza & Pub in Cornish, where she worked as a bartender, the Portland Press Herald reported.
Evidence gathered at the scene suggests McCarthy was traveling west on Route 25 toward New Hampshire at a high rate of speed when she failed to navigate a turn and careened off of a snowbank into the river, the sheriff’s office said.
A medical examiner is working to determine the cause and manner of McCarthy’s death.
Circumstances leading up to the crash remain under investigation.
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