PARIS – A 44-year-old Porter woman was arraigned on criminal charges Monday stemming from a weekend collision between her car and a motorcycle on Route 160 in Porter that left a Standish woman critically injured, police said.

Candy M. Watson of Cross Road was charged with two counts of aggravated assault as well as aggravated operating under the influence, aggravated driving to endanger and unlawful possession scheduled drugs. Watson was also cited for operating left of the center line and failing to provide evidence of insurance, Oxford County Sgt. Tim Ontengco said.

Watson was driving an eastbound 1999 Pontiac Sunfire that struck an eastbound 2005 Harley-Davidson driven by 55-year-old Thomas Ingles of Standish, with his 56-year-old wife, Patricia, as a passenger, he said. The crash occurred at 10:20 a.m. Saturday in the southern most town in Oxford County.

Ontengco said Patricia Ingles was thrown from the motorcycle in the collision and suffered a broken arm with two open fractures, a cracked vertebra, a collapsed lung, four broken ribs, and a shattered elbow. Thomas Ingles, who was able to stay on the bike, had a broken thumb, facial injuries, and road rash. Neither rider was wearing a helmet, he said.

Sacopee Rescue took the Ingleses to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where he was treated and released and she was listed in critical condition late Monday afternoon.

Watson was not injured in the crash, the investigator said.

A witness, Ontengco said, told him that Watson had been tailgating and crossed the center line several times before the accident. Watson told police she was tired and did not remember what happened, but said the motorcycle had been close to the passenger side of her car, he said.

Watson denied drinking alcohol or using drugs, and consented to a blood test at Bridgton Hospital and intoxilyzer test at the Oxford County Jail, according to the officer’s report. She told police she had held a party at her house the night before where people were smoking crack cocaine, he said.

A search of Watson’s purse found five methadone pills, as well as a prescription for the painkiller Tramadol for her dog. Watson denied knowledge of the methadone, saying the pills were given to her by her mother and that she thought they were potassium, according to the police report.

Thomas Ingles said he was going the posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour at the time of the accident, according to Ontengco.

Watson’s speed and test results were not available Monday.

Watson had an initial appearance Monday in South Paris District Court before Judge John McElwee on a complaint charging driving to endanger and unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. McElwee accepted Assistant District Attorney Richard Beauchesne’s recommendation of $1,000 cash or $10,000 surety bail over defense attorney David Whittier’s request for personal recognizance bail. She was released Monday afternoon.

McElwee also ordered Watson not to use or possess alcohol or have contact with the Ingleses.

Chief Deputy Dane Tripp of the Sheriff’s Office said the matter remains under investigation.

He said the accident occurred near the site of a fatal crash on July 4, 2007.

“It’s a good reminder for the July holidays that are coming up,” Tripp said. “People should be very concerned with their driving and the operation of drivers they may be meeting on the road.”