FAIRFIELD -- Two people were critically injured Saturday in a two-vehicle crash that occurred at the four-way intersection of Martin Stream, Ten Lots, Six Rod and Davis roads, according to police Sgt. Matthew Bard.

Sean Griffin, 22, of Lexington Township, and Courtney Rowe, 22, of Skowhegan, were taken to Waterville hospitals and then flown by LifeFlight helicopters to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, respectively, Bard said.

The crash occurred just before 12:56 p.m., when a 2008 Ford F350 truck being driven by Jack Stanley, 47, of Fairfield, was traveling north on Six Rod Road, Bard said.

A 1998 Honda Civic being driven by Griffin and in which Rowe was a passenger was traveling west on Davis Road, he said.

"It looks like they (Honda) failed to stop at the stop sign and went through the stop sign and Mr. Stanley was headed through the right-of-way," Bard said.

He said the truck struck the Honda squarely on the driver's side and rear driver's side door.

Stanley was not injured and walked away from the accident but Griffin was taken by Delta Ambulance to Thayer Unit, MaineGeneral Medical Center, in Waterville, and Rowe was taken by Delta to Inland Hospital, also in Waterville, and then they were flown to the Lewiston and Bangor hospitals, respectively, Bard said.

"Right now, 'critical' is all we can get," Bard said at about 7 p.m. of the victims' conditions.

A spokeswoman at the Lewiston hospital said she would not release any information; an EMMC spokeswoman said at 8:15 p.m. that Rowe was listed in critical condition.

Bard said police do not consider speed a factor in the crash. The speed limit on that stretch of road is 35 mph, he said.

No charges had been filed in the accident as of Saturday night.

"Alcohol is not believed to be a factor at this point," Bard said. "We have no evidence on either driver that either was drinking."

At the scene, the Honda was a crumpled mass of metal lying in a snowy ditch; a cell phone inside the car kept ringing, on and off. The pickup truck was on its roof in the same ditch, near and perpendicular to the car.

Several minutes after the crash occurred, a Siamese cat appeared on the Honda's rear bumper and lay there for a long time as if in shock, not moving.

Neighbors reported they did not recognize the feline and police and firefighters began to suspect the cat was in the car at the time of the crash and might be injured.

Officials tried to keep people away from the animal so as not to spook it and called animal Control Officer Dave Huff of Burnham. Several minutes before Huff arrived at the scene, the cat slid down off the bumper and into the snow.

Huff wrapped the cat in a blanket and took it to Animal Hospital of Waterville. Later, he said it appeared the cat would be okay.

"It was pretty shaken and did have glass in its fur," he said. "It had a couple of puncture wounds on its right paw, but nothing real major. She was cold but we warmed her up and put her on the floor in the hospital and she started walking around."

He said the cat would stay at the hospital for the weekend.

Pieter Staples and his wife, Karen, of Auburn, said they were one of the first people to come upon the accident scene.

An emergency medical technician who lives nearby was checking pulses of the couple in the Honda, Staples said.

"We just directed traffic, keeping people from rubber-necking and causing another (accident)," Staples said.

Patrick Doherty, who lives at the intersection, said it is a dangerous intersection where several accidents have occurred in the past and he thinks a traffic light is needed there.

Doherty said he and his wife heard the crash and he went outside with a fire extinguisher and saw Stanley first.

"He was just getting out of his truck; he stumbled up out of the snow," Doherty said. "He seemed shaken up, especially since he saw (the other victims)."

Doherty said the occupants of the Honda were unconscious and the EMT was trying to help them.

"When I saw them, they were both slumped over," Doherty said.

State police Trooper Rick Moody arrived to do forensic mapping at the scene and Trooper Joe Parker inspected the truck, as it is a commercial vehicle used in Stanley's Septic Service and Construction, of which Stanley is an owner, according to Bard. Madison police Officer David Savage helped do a reconstruction of the accident, he said.

Bard said the Honda was destroyed and he surmised the truck also was destroyed.

Oakland police helped to close Ten Lots Road to traffic and Norridgewock fire officials helped with traffic control, Bard said.

Amy Calder -- 861-9247

acalder@centralmaine.com