DALLAS PLANTATION – A Scarborough man was injured when he lost control of his sport utility vehicle Tuesday and crashed into a town plow truck, police said.
Andrew MacDonald, 23, of Scarborough sustained a fractured arm, a possible fractured leg and complained of neck and back pain, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Turcotte said.
MacDonald was traveling south on the Saddleback Mountain access road in a 2002 GMC Envoy and lost control on a corner, he said.
The SUV turned sideways and crashed into the plow, he said. The driver of the 2005 truck, Dallas Plantation road crew supervisor Dennis Frost, 63, of Dallas Plantation was uninjured, Turcotte said.
Saddleback Mountain Ski Patrol supervisor Jim Quimby was first on the scene, Turcotte said. Quimby assisted MacDonald by holding his neck until an ambulance crew arrived, Turcotte added.
AMPS ambulance responded to the scene because a Rangeley ambulance was already at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Turcotte said.
Rangeley firefighters ripped off the SUV’s door to remove MacDonald from the vehicle, according to the deputy.
MacDonald was taken by ambulance to a Phillips airport, where a medical helicopter was waiting. He was flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was listed in stable condition Tuesday evening.
“Speed and road conditions” were factors in the accident, Turcotte said.
The Envoy was totaled, he said, and the town truck received minor damage.
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