LIVERMORE – A Livermore man remained in critical condition Thursday a day after the car he was riding in was struck head-on by a pickup truck on Route 4.
Steve Harriman, 50, was being treated for head and other injuries at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. His wife, Deborah, who was also hurt in the crash, said her husband was being treated for an injury to his brain stem, cerebral fluid in his ears, and broken bones.
Steven, who was knocked out in the 4 p.m. collision near Route 108, regained consciousness later in the night, according to his wife.
“He’s in and out a lot,” Deborah Harriman, 48, said Thursday. “They won’t do surgery until he’s stable. He wanted to come home with me last night.”
Deborah, who suffered broken bones and other injuries, was released from CMMC late Wednesday night.
Police and witnesses said she had been driving south on Route 4 when a truck driven by Ryan Robbins of Livermore turned in front of her.
The vehicles collided, blowing out the windshield of Harriman’s car and pinning Deborah behind the wheel.
Robbins suffered a bloody nose in the crash but was able to get out of his truck on his own.
Rescue crews had to cut the Harrimans out of their Dodge Stratus with hydraulic tools before they were brought to Lewiston.
Deborah Harriman said she expects her husband will be in the hospital at least until next week. She was recovering at home Thursday.
“I’m sore,” she said. “I drive a tractor-trailer so I guess I’m out of work for a while.”
Maine State Police Trooper Ricci Cote is investigating the crash.
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