Go-Carts Kill

Pumpkins, high-speed miniature vehicles and ridiculous fezzes -- something like this was bound to happen.

(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Damariscotta, ME) - Police in Maine are investigating the death of a Shriner.

He was killed during a go-cart demonstration at an annual pumpkin-fest parade.

Hundreds of families, including young children, saw it happen.

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[D]uring the pumpkin fest parade in Damariscotta, something went terribly wrong as one of the go-carts came down the ramp.

"He went end over end upside down and landed under his cart,” said witness Will Monsell, “and the two following carts didn't see and they plowed into him."

Hundreds of spectators, including Monsell, saw the horrific accident that killed 59-year-old Marvin tar box of Hancock.

“It was a very unpleasant thing to see,” said Monsell of the fatal accident.

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