Article updated: 1/25/2013 12:26 PM

‘American Pie’ singer fined for speeding in Maine

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Singer Don McLean has been fined $400 for driving his Chrysler too fast through a school zone in Maine and has paid the levy.

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"American Pie" singer Don McLean has been fined $400 for driving his Chrysler too fast through a Maine school zone. McLean's lawyer says he was driving 43 mph in an area that has a limit of 15 mph when school zone warning lights are flashing and 45 mph when they're not. He argued that the lights were off, but police said in Rockland District Court on Thursday that they were on.