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An East Baldwin resident was killed early Friday morning when his car left the road and hit large trees in Baldwin.

Police say Ryan D. Smith was killed Friday in a single-car crash in Baldwin. Photo courtesy of Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

Ryan D. Smith, 25, was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger on Bridgton Road in Baldwin shortly after midnight Friday when Smith lost control of the car and went off the road, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Smith was pinned inside the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

Capt. Scott Stewart said it appears speed was a factor, but the crash remains under investigation.

The Baldwin and Standish fire departments assisted the sheriff’s office at the crash scene.

Gillian Graham is a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. A lifelong Mainer and graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she has worked as a journalist since 2005 and joined the...