CONWAY — The man accused of driving drunk into the Conway Public Library has been charged by the Carroll County Attorney’s Office in the death of his passenger.
On March 31 at 12:15 a.m., a pickup allegedly driven by 31-year-old Harold Hill Jr. of Harrison, Maine, crashed into the 121-year-old library, toppling columns and killing Brooke Barron, 21, of Conway, a popular local gymnastics coach.
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