OXFORD — A head-on collision at routes 26 and 121 could have been more serious, police say.
Emile Pepin, 70, of Auburn was sent to Stephens Memorial Hospital for observation after the crash.
According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, Pepin was driving south on Route 26 at around 7 a.m. when he turned left onto Route 121 toward Mechanic Falls and failed to yield to a car driven by Thomas Leahy, 63, of Wakefield, Mass., who was driving north.
Ward said Leahy tried to avoid the collision.
Pepin’s 2009 Ford Focus and Leahy’s 1998 Ford Explorer collided. Ward said Pepin accelerated, drove over the curb, went airborne and crashed into a tractor-trailer that was parked in the Big Apple gas station parking lot. The driver of the Paris Farmers Union tractor-trailer was in the store when it happened.
“He told me he didn’t recall doing it,” Ward said.
“We’re lucky there were no pedestrians walking in the parking lot.”
Ward said Pepin had a cut, knee pain and shoulder pain after the crash.
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- Emile Pepin, 70, of Auburn, was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital for observation after a crash Monday morning in Oxford. Police say Pepin was driving south on Route 26 at around 7 a.m. when he turned left onto Route 121 toward Mechanic Falls, failing to yield to Thomas Leahy, 63, who was driving north in a Ford Explorer. The two vehicles collided head-on. Leahy was not hurt.
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