LEWISTON — Real-life heroes who took extraordinary actions — putting themselves in danger — to save the life of others in 2016, will be honored by the American Red Cross in Central and Mid Coast Maine on Tuesday, March 14, at a Real Heroes Breakfast ceremony. The public is invited to attend the event, meet […]
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N. Duggan: A life-saving service
I have come to recognize the LifeFlight helicopters, by sight and by sound, as they regularly fly over my home during all hours of the day and night. I live on a high hill which lies midway between the Lewiston’s Central Maine Medical Center helipad and the junction of Interstates 95 and 295 in Gardiner, […]
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Med-Care ambulance takes Carthage chain saw victim to FMH
CARTHAGE — A Med-Care Ambulance crew out of Mexico was called to Basin Road off Route 2 on Friday for a man injured at about 3:15 p.m. in a chain saw accident. At first, the crew radioed for a medical helicopter based at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston to meet them in the large […]
Posted inFranklin, River Valley
Rescuers, wardens respond to ATV accident near Byron
Updated 11:02 p.m. BYRON — The Maine Warden Service and Franklin County emergency responders were sent to the scene of an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday afternoon near Byron. A state police dispatcher in Gray said the accident happened on an ATV trail in Township 6 North of Weld, northeast of Byron. Initial reports were that […]
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Students get surprise tour of LifeFlight helicopter at Rumford Hospital
RUMFORD – Dozens of third-graders from Meroby Elementary School visited Rumford Hospital on Thursday afternoon for a tour and a special surprise: A look inside a LifeFlight helicopter. Hospital employee Sue Hedrick said students visited the laboratory, an ambulance, the emergency room, the operating room and the X-ray department. She said students didn’t know the […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Harrison man dies from injuries from kite-skiing on Crystal Lake
HARRISON — A kite-skier was killed Monday morning after he lost control on Crystal Lake and struck a metal shed. Chief Deputy Naldo Gagnon of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s office identified the victim as 49-year-old Adam Tsapis of Harrison. According to Harrison fire Chief Dana LaPlante, the man was on the lake around 11 a.m. […]
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Woman seriously injured in snowmobile crash on Farmington trail
FARMINGTON — A woman was listed in fair condition Monday at a Portland hospital after she was seriously injured Friday night when the snowmobile she was riding collided with metal gates on the Whistle Stop Trail, according to a Maine Warden Service news release. The gates are open for the snowmobile season at each crossing […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Young man suffers head injury in skiing mishap at Newry resort
Updated NEWRY — A young man was seriously injured in a skiing collision on Saturday morning at Sunday River Ski Resort. Spokeswoman Sarah Devlin said Saturday afternoon that the incident happened at about 9 a.m. near the bottom of 3D Trail on North Peak. It is an intermediate-skill trail with a terrain park. According to […]
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Two men seriously injured in Dixfield snowmobile accident
DIXFIELD — A father and son remained hospitalized Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston with serious injuries from an overnight snowmobile crash off Common Road, officials said. Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said Wednesday by email that John Gray, 54, of Alna in Lincoln County and his son, Adam Gray, 32, of Lebanon were involved […]
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LifeFlight transports Sunday River patient to CMMC
NEWRY — Emergency officials responded to a rescue call at Sunday River just after 1 p.m. on Friday. A LifeFlight ambulance was originally called to the scene, but called off after several minutes. Instead, the patient — a man whose age was not immediately available — was treated by a PACE ambulance crew at the […]