Reported By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff
8/18/10 06:05 pm  Updated: 8/18/10 06:09 pm 

PLYMOUTH, Maine — A Thorndike woman who was injured in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday evening remained at a Bangor hospital on Wednesday.  The woman, 57, was listed in fair condition late Wednesday afternoon, an Eastern Maine Medical Center spokeswoman said. The accident occurred about 6:15 p.m. on Route 7 near the intersection with Loud Road, state police Trooper Chris Hashey said Wednesday. The woman was traveling north on her 2003 Yamaha with a group of other motorcycle riders when she reportedly began to black out, Hashey said. He said the woman and her motorcycle then left the roadway, went down a grassy hill and into some trees. Hashey said it appeared that the woman’s injuries included a possible broken leg. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

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Reported by SunJournal.com
By Staff Report
Published Aug 12, 2010 5:11 pm; Last updated Aug 12, 2010 7:42 pm

TOPSHAM, ME – A brother and sister were killed Thursday morning when their car collided with a pickup traveling in the opposite direction on Meadow Road. Maine State Police were investigating the 4 a.m. crash that killed the woman, 39, of Bowdoin, and her brother, 50, of Bowdoinham. Police said the pair was headed north in a Saturn when the car drifted across the center line and slammed into a Dodge pickup driven by a man, 19, of Topsham. He escaped the crash with minor injuries. He was treated at Parkview Hospital in Brunswick and later released.

Police said everyone involved in the wreck had been wearing a seat belt. State Police closed down a section of the roadway for about three hours as they conducted their investigation.

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Reported by WGME 13
Ted Homer – Producer
Posted: Wednesday, August 4 2010, 10:09 PM EDT

Bethel, ME – A crash left a Rumford man seriously hurt late Wednesday afternoon in Bethel, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department. Sergeant Tim Holland says a Jeep was traveling on Route 232 near the Woodstock town line went it went off the roadway. Holland says the victim, a 51-year-old man, was trapped inside for about 20 minutes until crews could free him. He was flown by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center with possible life-threatening injuries, according to Holland. CMMC said around 10pm that the man was in serious condition. Holland said the man needed surgery for his injuries.

Route 232 was shut down for about an hour while deputies were on scene. Speed has been ruled out and alcohol is not believed to be a factor. Holland says it’s possible the man, who was alone in the vehicle, suffered some sort of medical condition, lost control on a curve, or both. No other vehicles were involved.

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