HANCOCK COUNTY, ME. (THECOUNT) — Luke Gross, of Hancock, Maine, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday vehicle crash in Hancock County.

Gross, 44, was killed after being stuck by a vehicle in Trenton early Thursday morning.

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According to reports, Gross, an on-duty Hancock County deputy, was responding to a call of a vehicle off the road on Route 3 in Trenton, when he was struck by another vehicle around 4 a.m. Thursday.

Gross was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

Further details of the crash were not provided.

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Geo quick facts: Hancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2010 census, the population was 54,418. Its county seat is Ellsworth. The county was incorporated on June 25, 1789 and named for John Hancock, the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Wikipedia.