RANGELEY — A Massachusetts teenager critically injured in a June 1 accident on Route 4 is listed in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital, a spokeswoman at the Boston hospital said Wednesday.

Janessa Gordon, 18, of Melrose, Mass., is in an intensive care unit.

Gordon was flown from Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Her family was able to transfer her to Mass General, Rangeley police Sgt. Jared Austin said Friday.

According to family posts on a fundraising site for Gordon and Twitter, she is breathing on her own. She has also squeezed the hand of family members and a doctor, she whispered words, she knows her age and is able to eat ice cubes, according to posts.

Gordon was a front-seat passenger in a car that went off Route 4 at the bottom of Dodge Pond Hill and rolled over June 1. She was not wearing a seat belt.

The driver, Marilenis Waldron, 17, of Saugus, Mass., was headed west and saw a car with a friend in it, tried to pass it and lost control at 6:06 p.m., Rangeley police Chief Dennis Leahy previously said. She was issued a summons on a felony charge of driving to endanger, he said.

Waldron and one of three passengers in the back seat were the only two wearing seat belts at the time of the accident, Leahy said.

The 2006 Mazda 3 was going about 90 miles an hour when it crashed, Leahy previously said reconstructionists told him.

The crash remains under investigation.

dperry@sunjournal.com

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