MEXICO — A head-on collision Sunday afternoon on Main Street sent one man to Rumford Hospital and a car and pickup truck were damaged beyond repair, police said late Monday afternoon.

Randolph Angotti, 18, of Rumford, complained of neck pain and was taken by Med-Care Ambulance to the hospital where he was treated and released, Lt. Roy Hodsdon said.

The other driver, Richard Legere, 53, of Lovell, wasn’t injured.

Hodsdon said Legere was driving a 2010 Toyota pickup truck west in the 25 mph zone by Med-Care’s building at 3:32 p.m. when glare from the sun obscured his vision.

The truck crossed the center line and headed toward Angotti’s oncoming 1998 Mercury, Hodsdon said.

Angotti took evasive action.

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He drove as far to the right as possible and onto a snowbank before the truck struck the front end and continued down the driver’s side, and then went into a snowbank off the wrong side of the road, the lieutenant said.

Hodsdon estimated damage to the Toyota at between $6,000 and $7,000; and $5,000 to the Mercury car.

Two children in Angotti’s car were not injured.

Mexico firefighters assisted at the scene, keeping one lane open for traffic, Hodsdon said.

tkarkos@sunjournal.com


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