12/19/2007
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Both cars were destroyed, according to Oakland police Capt. Rick Stubbert. The accident happened just before 11 a.m.
He said excessive speed appears to have been a factor in the accident and charges could be brought against the 17-year-old driver of a black 1992 Honda Civic.
The Honda reportedly struck a white 2005 Ford Taurus, driven by Maureen Blodgett, 57, of Benton. She and her husband, Terry Blodgett, also 57, were taken to a hospital by Delta Ambulance.
In total, four of the injured were taken to Waterville hospitals in ambulances. Three others were taken to the hospital by their parents, according to Oakland firefighters at the scene. Firefighters and police said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
"Nobody was seriously injured," Stubbert said.
Traffic was rerouted around the scene, up Swan Hill from the Oakland side of KMD and down Old Waterville Road from the city end of the accident, while rescue workers and paramedics tended to the injured. KMD was closed to traffic in both directions for about 45 minutes.
Stubbert said five high school students were in the Honda Civic heading toward Waterville when the driver apparently lost control on sand or gravel left over from Sunday's snowstorm.
"The black vehicle was traveling toward Waterville at a high rate of speed and he lost control of the vehicle, did a 360 and spun into the oncoming lane, where it made contact with the white vehicle -- they hit head-on," Stubbert said. "The driver said he overcompensated and went into a spin after hitting some loose gravel."
Blodgett's car was traveling in the other direction, toward Oakland.
Police declined to name the 17-year-old driver, who is from Belgrade, because he is a juvenile facing possible criminal charges.
The accident was still under investigation Tuesday afternoon. Oakland police Officer Steve Corbett is in charge of the investigation.
Passengers in the Honda were: Mitchell Wight, 18, of Belgrade; Nicholas Workman, 17, of Oakland; Daniel Witham, 17, of Smithfield; and Benjamin Pooler, 17, of Belgrade. Stubbert said Pooler and Wight were taken to the hospital by ambulance.
The windshield of the Honda was blown into the car by the force of the collision, the roof bent by the impact. Both cars had extensive front-end damage.
"It looked a lot worse than it was -- it could have been a lot worse," Stubbert said.
Doug Harlow -- 861-9244
dharlow@centralmaine.com
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No, I don't know anything about that.report abuse
The entire thing with this yesterday wasn't people sitting there all day commenting, just dropping in because the larger issue was teen driving. That's all. I think comments noting being threatened are totally off base and outrageous. The conversation was about teenaged driving. Period.report abuse
Are you referring to the accident in Belgrade last May?report abuse
Show some humility.report abuse
happend knows. In a few days I'm pretty sure a lot of these questions will be answered. Now Sidneyette or whatever your name is. I have a pretty good feeling I know EXACTLY who you are. I also have a good feeling that you might be very familar with the driver in that "red truck" or that you might be the driver of that "truck". For the sake of the driver, I wont mention any names in that "red truck" because I have too much respect for the name game. The names will be said soon enough, considering I think we are far from hearing the end of this PREVENTABLE mistake...
thats right this stupid teenage boy is admitting what happend was wrong and preventable, but what do you want be to do about it now? I'v done all I can do for now.
btw, I just love the part of the "hero"
I just wanted my fellow class members to know that even if I am knocked down, I'll stand back up and I consider myself pretty brave to walk throughout both the Alfond Arena and the Lawrence Gym and be able to handle all the questions, none of it was for glory, its all about my friends and the ones who care for me....report abuse
some of you people make me sick. As person I feel threated by some of you. I think its funny all day people sit on here and say how things should be. I get a kick outta it. For the amount of time some of you are posting on here , you might be able to do something productive. You dont think I feel bad at all? Some of you really are talking out of your a@%#... For most of you, you have no idea behind the real story... Give it a couple days and the real story will be leaked out... some of your creditable "witness's" arnt as shall I say, guilty free as they could be. To everyone who has supported me through this I want to say thank you... I feelm for the older couple and I know this was a mistake that shouldnt have happend. I really have no interest on what all of you have to say. SOme of you know me and then some of you have a impression of me when I was in 7th grade.... a lot as changed since then. If you were to ask ANYONE who knows anything about me and what I'v gone through, they would tell you that I have changed dramatically over the past 3 years. The odds of having such a bad accident as this and living arent even worth figuring out. All I can say is for a " Stupid Kid" with a six pack that was given to me when I got my licence, I personally will not let any of you rotten, lifeless, blogging, think you know it all people sit here and insult me and my friends. I have respect for everyone who understands the situation. There will always be one person who always looks for the negitives. That person will search their whole life looking for faults in others, rather then identifying the ones within themselves. I know what has happend was 150% PREVENTABLE... I find it hard to belive that most of you were on the accident scene. The only things you know is what this fine establishment of a paper said. The whole thing about the windsheild was false. The reason it popped off was acullley from the impact of my head hitting it. Everyone who know needs to know whatreport abuse
Thank you for being such a good parent. Really.report abuse
This senior privalge should be revoked. How many Messalonskee students have died from auto accidents in the last 5 years. Way to many. As a parent I would not want my children leaving school until the end of the day. You send your child there and know that they should be safe. And once they leave with a car load of friends all bets are off. And I can tell from expierence that all to often I used to speed to show off.report abuse
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