SKOWHEGAN -- Police this week are trying to piece together details of an accident on Madison Avenue at Pleasant Street that sent at least one person to a local hospital Saturday evening.

Police say one of the vehicles involved in the collision was a van. An eyewitness said it was a truck.

Initial reports said there was a pedestrian involved, but there was no pedestrian. Communications log entries indicate a LifeFlight helicopter dispatched to Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan, but no helicopter ever landed, police said.

An arrest number was requested by a police officer, but no arrest was made. Alcohol consumption may or may not have been a factor and there are conflicting reports as to whether it was a man or a woman driving the van -- or the truck -- that rammed a smaller car at about 5:45 p.m.

Two things are sure about Saturday in Skowhegan -- it was Halloween and it was busy for police, Chief Michael Emmons said Monday. There were several accidents in the area and not all of the police reports were completed by the end of the shift, the chief said.

The weekly police work cycle also ended this weekend, leaving the investigating officers off duty on Monday.

One other thing appeared certain from the accident -- there was someone on the ground and he or she was not moving, the chief said, reading from the dispatch narrative.

Emmons said the car involved in the accident was a 1999 sedan owned by Sean Wilson, 20, of Norridgewock. The other vehicle was a green 2000 Dodge, either registered to or being operated by Robin Abelin, 37, of Solon.

Four police officers from Skowhegan responded to the accident -- two from the day shift, two from the night shift.

"It's still under investigation," Emmons said. "It was complicated. I'm not sure they know who was driving at this point."

Further complicating things was a report that two passengers in the Dodge allegedly left the scene of the accident, the chief said.

"You had two (police officers) that were on duty and it was right about shift change, so when the call comes in, the other two are here and they leave to go help, not knowing what they have at the time -- they think it's two vehicles involved and a pedestrian," Emmons said.

"They was a caller that called, very upset -- she said she saw it happen and was very upset," he said. "But who knows what she saw at this point; I'm not going to speculate because I don't have that information."

The caller was Stefanie Harvey, who was on her way to work at Empire Grill on Water Street in Skowhegan.

"I was sitting at the intersection (on High Street) right next to Cumby's -- Cumby's was on my right and right across the street there was this car, on Pleasant Street," she said. "My light had just turned green, so their lights were green, too. They were just about to pull out when this truck comes flying down the hill (on Madison Avenue) and smashes into them -- and I'm pretty sure their light was red because mine was green."

The sequence of the traffic signals at that intersection has long been a subject of debate in Skowhegan.

Harvey said the sedan was hit on the driver's side. She said people took what appeared to be a little girl from the car and lay her on the ground.

"The little girl, I didn't see her move at all after they laid her on the ground -- that's when I grabbed my phone and called," Harvey said. "The driver of the truck frantically said 'Oh my God, are you okay?' to the driver of the other vehicle, the vehicle that was hit. It made me nervous because I didn't know if the person was going to be okay."

She said she did not see anyone leave the scene. She said the driver of the truck was a man.

Doug Harlow -- 474-9534, ext. 342

dharlow@centralmaine.com