An elderly woman was seriously injured in a head-on crash in southern Maine on Sunday night, and the driver of the other vehicle has been charged with operating under the influence.
Shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a head-on crash involving two vehicles on Route 1 in Woolwich near the intersection of the southern entrance to Weston Road.
A Ford F-150 traveling south on Route 1 had crossed over the center line into the southbound lane, colliding with a Toyota 4Runner, the sheriff’s office said. The pickup truck careened off the road, and the Toyota was spun around, coming to rest in the southbound breakdown lane with extensive damage.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 71-year-old Deborah Webster, of Round Pond, sustained serious injuries and had to be extracted from the vehicle. She was later to Maine Medical Center in Portland by a medical helicopter.
The Ford was driven by 33-year-old Porter Sickels, of Biddeford. He sustained minor injuries in the crash and was taken to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick and later released.
Sickels has since been arrested for aggravated operating under the influence with serious bodily injury, according to the sheriff’s office. He is being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail on $10,000 cash bail and is scheduled to be arraigned later this week.
The crash remains under investigation by the sheriff’s office.
A portion of Route 1 in the area of the crash was closed for just over three hours, reopening to traffic around 9:30 p.m.
Woolwich, a town with a population of about 3,000 people, is located about 35 miles northeast of Portland.
Marc Fortier
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