Auburn crash sends two people to hospital

AUBURN — Police on Saturday night were investigating a two-vehicle crash that sent two people to a local hospital.

Brenden Giambra of Lewiston and Teresa Bennett of Harrison were taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston following the 5:31 p.m. crash at the intersection of Hotel and Stevens Mill roads. Giambra was not listed as a patient at the hospital Saturday night, according to a nursing supervisor.

Little information was available about the crash Saturday night, in which a 1999 Toyota Camry driven by Giambra collided with a 2001 Dodge Intrepid driven by Bennett.

“I’m literally so lucky,” said Stefan Vallee, 18, of Lewiston. “I wasn’t even looking up when it happened.”

Vallee was a passenger in Giambra’s car, which ended up in the woods following the crash. He said the two were heading to a friend’s house when the crash occurred and that they were traveling on Stevens Mill Road. There is a stop sign on Stevens Mill Road, while Hotel Road has a flashing yellow light.

Vallee, who looked disheveled following the crash, said he made sure his friend was OK before rescue crews arrived.

“I said to him, ‘Are you OK?’ I made him say yes and give me the thumbs up,” Vallee said.

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: A 2001 Dodge Intrepid is towed from the scene of an accident in which two people were injured at the intersection of Hotel and Stevens Mill roads in Auburn on Saturday evening.