STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
MAINE STATE POLICE
PRESS RELEASE
PREPARED BY: Sgt. Brian Harris
CONTACT #: 207-532-5400
TROOPER: Tr. Timmy Saucier
TROOP: F
INCIDENT DETAILS
DATE/TIME: 04-05-2014 / 1120 HRS
LOCATION: Pond Rd, Silver Ridge, ME
NATURE: Personal Injury Motor Vehicle Crash
OPERATOR 1: Brian Fuller
AGE: 33
TOWN, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Kenduskeag, ME
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 2004/Dodge/Neon
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): Y (Too fast for road conditions)
OPERATOR 2: Waldo Archer
AGE: 45
TOWN, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Enfield, ME
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 2011/Ford/Ranger
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): N
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On 04-05-14 at approximately 1120 hrs, Tr. Timmy Saucier responded to the Pond Rd. in Silver Ridge for a report of a two vehicle head-on crash with injury. A 2004 Dodge passenger car operated by Brian Fuller, age 33 of Kenduskeag, was traveling eastbound on the Pond Rd and lost control on the snow and slush covered roadway as he was rounding a corner. Fuller skidded into the path of a 2011 Ford pickup being operated westbound by Waldo Archer, age 45 of Enfield. Archer was unable to avoid Fuller and the two vehicles struck head-on. Both Fuller and Archer sustained minor injuries in the crash, Archer was transported by Patten Ambulance.
Both vehicles sustained significant damage in the crash and were towed from the scene. Tr. Saucier was assisted at the scene by Deputy Palmer of the Aroostook S.O. and Patten Ambulance.
