Monday, April 7, 2014

Motor Vehicle Crash With Injury - Steuben

DATE:  Monday, April 07, 2014
STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
MAINE STATE POLICE

PRESS RELEASE
PREPARED BY:   Lt. Roderick Charette
CONTACT #: 667-3722

CASE #: SP14-028055
TROOPER:  Staci Carpenter
TROOP: J

INCIDENT DETAILS
DATE/TIME: 4-6-14 1647 Hours
LOCATION: Dyers Bay Road, Steuben
NATURE: Motor Vehicle Crash With Injury

OPERATOR 1:  Shane Mclean
AGE: 48
TOWN, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Steuben, Maine
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 2000 Chevrolet Passenger Car
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): Yes – Test results pending.
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): Y
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N): N


OPERATOR 2:  Megan Nolan
AGE: 23
TOWN, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Steuben
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 1999 Ford  SUV
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): N
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N): Yes

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On Sunday, April 6 at approximately 5 PM the Maine State Police received the report of a personal injury crash on the Dyers Bay Road in Steuben.  Troopers Staci Carpenter, Cliff Peterson, and Sergeant Alden Bustard responded to the scene.  Upon investigation it was found that a 2000 Chevrolet passenger car driven by Shane Mclean had been traveling north on the Dyers Bay Road.  Mclean’s vehicle crossed the center line into the path of a 1999 Ford Sport Utility vehicle driven by Megan Nolan of Steuben.  The two vehicles impacted and as a result of the crash Mclean was transported to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital.  He was later transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center.  It is believed that alcohol and speed were a factor in the crash.