The Lebanon Rescue Department, Maine State Police and Lebanon Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident with serious injury on Tuesday evening, September 24, 2013. The accident was dispatched at 6:37pm and was located near 135 Prospect Hill Road. While crews were enroute, they were updated that the patient was unconscious and trapped in his car. Assistant Chief Jason Cole was the first unit on scene about 9 minutes after the call was dispatched. A 2011 Ford Escape was traveling South on Prospect Hill Road when it lost control on a sharp corner and went off the road striking several trees. Due to the patients serious injuries, an advanced life support unit from Frisbie Hospital was called to the scene as well as a helicopter from Lifeflight of Maine. Milton Fire and Milton Ambulance arrived on scene a short time later and it was determined we would transport the patient to the Milton Industrial Park off of Route 75 in Milton where the helicopter could land. Crews used the jaws of life to remove the vehicles roof to extricate him from the vehicle. The patient was trapped for about 50 minutes before being removed to the ambulance. The patient was then transported by ambulance to the landing zone, where Lifeflight had just landed. At 8:00pm, the helicopter left the landing zone heading for the approximate 15 minute flight to the Trauma Center at Maine Medical Center. The driver of the car was a male in his 50’s from Lebanon. He was alone in the vehicle. It is believed he was not wearing his seatbelt and the vehicles airbags did not deploy. He suffered serious injuries in the crash. He was alone in the vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed during the accident and had to be towed from the scene. The road was closed to all traffic for over an hour while emergency crews extricated the patient and then secured hazards. It opened to one lane until 8:40pm when all units cleared the scene. The accident is under investigation by the Maine State Police. This corner has seen several serious accidents over the past few years resulting in several serious injuries. We encourage everyone to buckle up and please drive cautiously. We continue to see an increase in serious accidents town wide and want to get the info out there to residents to please drive cautiously
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:37:06 +0000
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