The Consolidated Communications technician who was injured last week is recovering at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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Norway man arrested after fleeing crash scene
MECHANIC FALLS — A Norway man who crashed a pickup truck on Pleasant Street on Tuesday night causing serious injury to a passenger was arrested Wednesday morning after turning himself in to police. Eric Campbell, 33, was charged with aggravated driving to endanger and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. Each charge is […]
Farmington woman injured when car goes off Route 43
FARMINGTON — A local woman was injured Thursday when the vehicle she was driving crossed the centerline on Route 43 and partially landed in a deep ditch. Hope Norton, 21, of Farmington was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital, Franklin County Deputy Police Chief Shane Cote said Friday. She was later […]
Rumford woman injured in Peru crash
PERU — A Rumford woman suffered serious injuries Monday afternoon when her minivan collided with a parked dump truck on Route 108, about two miles south of the Peru Main Street intersection, according to Oxford County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Aylward. Leah Blouin, 49, was driving west on Route 108 when she crossed into the eastbound lane, striking […]
Raymond woman injured in snowmobile crash
RANGELEY — A Raymond woman injured her leg Friday morning when a snowmobile she was on rear-ended another on ITS 84 in Oquossoc village, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said. Jennifer Hall, 42, was on the back of a snowmobile driven by her husband, David Hall, 61, of Raymond. A friend, Daniel […]
Rangeley rescue crews use boats to reach injured woman
RANGELEY – Emergency responders launched two boats early Sunday to reach a woman who seriously cut her leg on Browns Island in the Cupsuptic Lake. The call came in just past midnight in the middle of a thunder and lightning storm, Fire & Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday. Firefighters and NorthStar EMS ambulance responders […]
Connecticut woman injured in ATV crash
PHILLIPS — A Connecticut woman received a leg injury Wednesday when she was ejected from the ATV she was riding after the it struck a stump beside a trail and rolled into its side, Lt. Tim Place of the Maine Warden Service wrote in an email Thursday. Alison Menard, 53, of Wallingford, was operating her […]
Waterville man injured after tipping over riding lawn mower
WATERVILLE (AP) — A Maine man is in the hospital after his riding lawn mower tipped over, sending him down an embankment. Waterville and Winslow fire Chief David LaFountain says the man went too far while driving on the steep embankment Wednesday morning and the mower tipped sideways. The Waterville Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2twz1Qs ) reports […]
Rumford police investigating pedestrian accident
RUMFORD – A 62-year-old local man was being examined at Rumford Hospital Thursday night after he was struck by a car near the corner of Lincoln and Waldo streets, police said. Wilfred Buck of Rumford complained of shoulder pain after he was struck just before 5 p.m., investigators said. Buck was crossing in a crosswalk […]
Motorcycle driver injured in South Avenue collision
LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was transported by United Ambulance Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle and an SUV collided. The driver of a black 2008 Chrysler Pacifica was pulling into his driveway at 139 South Ave. when his vehicle was struck by a green 1994 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, according to Lewiston Police Sgt. Danny Lachance. He was […]