Mom won’t be charged in fatal Cornville crash

SKOWHEGAN – Stacy Corson, 25, of West Athens will not face prosecution for her role in a collision with a logging truck in Cornville that claimed the lives of her three children and her adult cousin in May.

Lt. Dale Lancaster, commander of state police Troop C in Skowhegan, announced Thursday that a decision was made earlier this month not to prosecute Corson. The decision was made at the office of District Attorney David Crook after a review of state police reports compiled after the May 3 accident at the intersection of Routes 43 and 150, known as Cass Corner in Cornville.

Announcement of the decision was delayed until Corson could be notified, Lancaster said.

“We feel driver inattention was a contributing factor in the accident, but it does not rise to the level of criminal negligence,” he said. “The fact is she did not have a license. But to summons someone for that type of infraction would trivialize the deaths of her children. That was very tragic for her, and for the community.”

Corson was driving a five-passenger Chevy Cavalier station wagon with five people riding in the back seat. Three of the four people killed were Corson’s children, Trevor, 1, Wyonna, 4, and Vincent, 7. The fourth victim was Corson’s cousin Nathan Raymond, 24, of Solon.

Raymond’s 4-year-old son Jacob, who was riding in the rear seat on his father’s lap, was injured in the accident.

Corson and a front-seat passenger, Michelle Bouley, 18, of Vassalboro also were treated for injuries.

None of the rear-seat passengers were wearing seat belts with the exception of Trevor Corson who was secured in an infant safety seat, according to police reports.

Stacy Corson reportedly did see a logging truck traveling south on Route 150 when she pulled onto the roadway from Route 43. Clark Wilcox, 58, of Chesterville, driver of the logging truck, told police there was nothing he could do by the time he saw the small car pull into his path. Wilcox was not injured.