Wednesday Evening Headlines from Wmtw News 8

YOU'RE WATCHING NEWS-8 NOW, I'M KATIE THOMPSON. AND, I'M STEVE MINICH. BIDDEFORD POLICE ARE IDENTIFYING A MAN AND WOMAN WHO DIED IN A MOTEL ROOM AS DANIEL PELLETIER AND LYNDA NORTON. THE SLEEPY HOLLOW MOTEL MANAGER FOUND THE BODIES LAST NIGHT. BIDDEFORD'S POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEIR DEATHS ARE LIKELY DRUG- RELATED. THE CHIEF SAYS THE WOMAN HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SEVERAL DAYS, THE MAN HAD LIKELY DIED THE DAY BEFORE THE MANAGER FOUND THEM. "I think Maine has an overall drug problem that needs to be addressed. We have a proliferation of *** within the area and that seems to be displacing all other drugs because of its availability and low cost to purchase off the street." AN AUTOPSY WILL DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW BOTH PEOPLE DIED. A MAN HIS 20'S HAS DIED IN A GOLF CART CRASH. THE CRASH HAPPENED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AT THE "LINKS AT OUTLOOK" OFF ROUTE FOUR IN SOUTH BERWICK. POLICE SAY THE MAN WHO DIED WAS A PASSENGER IN THE GOLF CART. THE DRIVER WAS NOT HURT. THE CRASH HAPPENED NEAR THE 14-TH HOLE..WHERE THERE IS A STEEP HILL. RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE RECONSTRUCTING THE CRASH. THEY ARE NOT RELEASING THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON KILLED. TWO RETIRED CIRCUS ELEPHANTS ARE LEAVING MAINE AFTER ONE OF THEM CRUSHED THEIR CARETAKER. AN ELEPHANT TRAMPLED DOCTOR JIM LAURITA YESTERDAY AT "HOPE ELEPHANTS." LAURITA GAVE UP HIS VETERINARY PRACTICE IN 2011 TO CARE FOR THE ELEPHANTS, ROSIE AND OPAL. THEY WILL BE HEADING BACK TO OKLAHOMA. OSHA IS INVESTIGATING LAURITA'S DEATH. WMTW NEWS 8 ALSO LEARNING A RECENT INSPECTION FROM THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOUND NO VIOLATIONS AT "HOPE ELEPHANTS." THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON NEWS-8 NOW. MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK AT WMTW DOT COM AND OUR MOBILE APP FOR THE TOP STORIES AND WEATHER ANY TIME. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.