BOWDOINHAM
A Bowdoinham woman was taken to the hospital after the vehicle she was driving Friday morning hit a utility pole, bringing live wires down into the road.
The incident was reported to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department at 11:35 a.m. Chief Deputy Brett Strout said Riley Edgecomb, 21, of 580 Ridge Road, was traveling north on Ridge Road in a 1991 Toyota when she lost control in the area of 315 Ridge Road and crashed into a utility pole. The utility pole snapped, dropping live wires onto the roadway.
Two other vehicles sustained damage as a result of driving over downed lines. A Dodge pickup truck driven by Jacinta Wilkins-Blodgett, 31, incurred about $500 in damage.
A 2000 Toyota car driven by 71-year-old Pauline Ross sustained about $1,000 in damage. Strout said Ross had to remain in her vehicle because power shot into her car and blew holes into both sides as electricity entered and exited the vehicle.
No one was electrocuted or seriously injured. Central Maine Power Company responded and replaced the pole.
A North East Mobile Health Services ambulance took Edgecomb to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, where she was treated and released, according to a hospital spokesman.
Bowdoinham Fire and EMS also responded. Deputy Mark Anderson handled the car for the sheriff ’s department.
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