NEW GLOUCESTER — A New Gloucester man was seriously injured Thursday in a car accident on Sabbathday Road, police said.

Arnold Dean Eldridge, 59, of 747 Snow Hill Road was driving a 1997 Volkswagen Jetta southbound at 9:27 p.m. His car crossed the centerline and launched over a snowbank and flew through the air.

When it landed, it struck a parked vehicle, which was pushed into another parked vehicle.

Eldridge, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, struck the windshield with his face, breaking the glass.

Police said his injuries were serious but not life-threatening. He was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

No one else was injured in the crash, police said.


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