A Belgrade motorcyclist was listed in good condition in Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Wednesday with injuries suffered Sunday when the 2004 Harley-Davidson he was riding collided head-on with a Ford Transit delivery truck in Alna.
According to the Lincolin County Sheriff’s Office, Carl Cooke, 55, was not wearing a helmet and sustained head injuries when he was ejected from the motorcycle.
The crash occurred as he was traveling north on Route 218 and approaching the West Alna Road intersection and Steven Frey, 59, of Newcastle, was traveling south.
Investigators said that “as the Cooke vehicle entered a right curve, it crossed into the southbound travel lane and into the path of the Frey vehicle. Frey steered right into an attempt to avoid a collision and both units collided head-on within the southbound travel lane.”
The crash and the reconstruction investigation closed Route 218 for almost three hours.
Cooke was taken by LifeFlight to the Lewiston hospital. Wiscasset Ambulance took Frey and a passenger to Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta for treatment. Officers said the two received minor injuries.
Deputies Mark Bridgham and sergeants Matthew Day and Jason Nein investigated the crash.
Responding to the emergency were members of the Alna and Whitefield fire departments, and Wiscasset Fire & Rescue.
Washington street fire had ‘human element’
AUGUSTA — Firefighters responded to a report of a fire outside 75 Washington St. at 10:16 a.m. Wednesday.
Battaltion Chief Steve Leach said wood and a shirt were burning next to a basement bulkhead and that a bystander put it out before firefighters arrived.
He said the origin of the blaze was “definitely a human element,” and that an investigator with the Office of the State Fire Marshal was called to the scene.
ALNA
June 3, a 35-year-old Wiscasset woman was issued a summons charging her with operating after suspension on Alna Road.
AUGUSTA
Tuesday at 5:20 p.m., criminal threatening was reported on Water Street.
5:35 p.m., a Mount Vernon Avenue caller reported theft.
Wednesday at 1:56 p.m., a Mount Vernon Avenue caller reported a disturbance/disorderly conduct.
DRESDEN
Saturday an accident occurred on Middle Road when Joy Ellen Bengtson, 34, of Bath, driving a 2009 Honda Civic, attempted to avoid a turtle in the road. According to a release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, her car swerved onto the dirt shoulder on the southbound side of the road, returned to the road, crossed the center line and onto the northbound dirt shoulder, where it skidded sideways and rolled over.
JEFFERSON
June 3, an 18-year-old Windsor man was issued a summons charging him with criminal mischief on Augusta Road.
MANCHESTER
Tuesday at 11:10 a.m., a Myrtle Street caller reported receiving a scam phone call.
MONMOUTH
Tuesday at 9:49 a.m., a Main Street caller reported harassment.
READFIELD
Tuesday at 8:39 a.m., a Gay Road caller reported theft from a vehicle.
WEST GARDINER
Tuesday at 1:48 p.m., a Skehan’s Lane caller reported theft.
WHITEFIELD
June 3, a Ford Focus collided with a street sweeper on Cooper Road. According to a release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Steven H. Baker, 59, of Pittston was operating a 1998 John Deere tractor street sweeper when it collided with the 2003 Focus driven by Ashley L. Dumas, 24, of Whitefield. Dumas told police she saw a big cloud of dust and tried to go around the sweeper, but struck it instead.
June 3, a motorist apologized but then took off after backing into a parked 2003 Ford Focus owned by Dona Bourassa, 79, of Palermo, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
ARRESTS
Friday, Jeffrey Lucas, 38, of Augusta was arrested on Ridge Road, Augusta, by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Detective Scott Hayden on two counts of theft and one count of burglary and operating after suspension.
Friday, Dawn L. Hunt, 32, of Augusta was arrested at Two Bridges Regional Jail, Wiscasset, on two Kennebec County Superior Court warrants charging her with two counts of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, and one count each of violating condition of release and failure to pay fines.
Saturday, John E. Call, 45, of Jefferson was arrested on Hodgkins Hill Road, Jefferson, on a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office warrant charging him with domestic assault, criminal mischief and obstructing report of a crime. Deputy Mark Bridgham also summoned Call on charges of violating condition of release and operating after suspension.
Saturday, Nicholas Rynard, 19, was arrested on Pond Road, Readfield and charged with operating under the influence and speeding 30 or more mph over the speed limit.
Friday, Jonathan Grant, 33 of Windsor was arrested in Windsor on a felony warrant out of Connecticut. Grant was taken to the Kennebec County jail where he was held and charged with being a fugitive from justice.
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