ELLSWORTH (AP) – A Hancock County man accused of attacking a pregnant woman in a race-related incident turned himself in Wednesday morning, officials said.

Robert Dow, 59, of Franklin, surrendered to authorities at the Hancock County Jail, where he was charged with assault and disorderly conduct, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

The incident happened Friday in a convenience store parking lot in the town of Hancock.

Dow is accused of using racial epithets against a black woman, throwing a beer can at her and then opening her car door and kicking her in the stomach, officials said. The woman, who is seven months pregnant, drove to a hospital where she was kept overnight because she was having contractions. The unborn child was unharmed.