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A car rests in the bushes on the Auburn side of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Bridge after it skidded off the roadway Thursday afternoon. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

AUBURN — One person was hurt Thursday afternoon when a car skidded off the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Bridge and rolled into the bushes at the side of the road.

When police and rescue crews responded at about 3 p.m., it was reported that the driver was unresponsive at the scene. The vehicle had come to rest roughly 20 feet from the roadway.

The crash occurred on the Auburn side of the bridge. As fire and rescue crews treated the patient, traffic was backed up in the lanes headed from Lewiston into Auburn.

No further information about the driver or the injuries sustained were available later Thursday night. Auburn police were investigating the crash.

Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the...