HERMON, Maine — A Bangor woman injured in a three-vehicle collision on Union Street ON Saturday afternoon remains in the hospital in very serious condition, her son said Monday.
“My mother is in the [intensive care unit] at Eastern Maine Medical Center on life support,” Mike Savage of Bangor said of Mary Savage, 83, also of Bangor. “Her injuries are life threatening.”
Mary Savage was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her daughter Melissa Savage, 55, of Bangor when about 1 p.m. it apparently was rear-ended by a white Chevrolet truck driven by Nicholas Mitchell, 21, of Levant, Sgt. Bill Birch of the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has said.
The force of the impact sent Savage’s maroon Ford Focus into oncoming traffic, where it struck a Nissan truck driven by David Nelson, 64, of Exeter.
“My sister has a broken rib and lower back pain,” Mike Savage said. “My mother has a fractured neck … and she had some brain injury. It’s likely she will not recover.”
Mary Savage has been released from the hospital, Mike Savage said.
Savage’s car had severe damage to the rear end and some front-end damage. The driver’s discharged white air bag was visible shortly after the crash. The white truck could be seen in the ditch.
Four of the five people in the vehicles went to the hospital, Birch said. The condition of Nicholas Mitchell and Joan DiNatale, 52, of Exeter, who was traveling in the Nissan truck, were not available Monday.
Calls to the sheriff’s office were not returned Monday.
Detectives trained in accident reconstruction spent hours investigating the crash, which occurred between Billings Road and Bond Road near Pleasant Hill Campground. The roadway was closed for more than five hours.
What caused the accident is still unknown, said Mike Savage, who has been speaking with detectives.
His mother and sister were out on one of their daily drives when the crash occurred, he said.
“My mother doesn’t drive so my sister takes her,” Savage said. “They’ve done that drive a thousand times. They had just stopped at a yard sale and they sometimes go to a [farm] stand in Levant to get cucumbers, if they have any. That’s where they were going.”
So sorry to hear about your mother and sister Mr. Savage, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time…..also to the others injured in this accident, may you all have a speedy recovery…
..just goes to show you just never know….one mistake can change many lives forever…very sad….as for myself I am going to hug my wife a little longer tonight when I get home….
So sorry to hear about your mother and she might not recover. I lost my mom in a car accident. Doctor told me she would recover, but three days later after a long nights in the hospital she passed away. Saddest day of my life. I do wish her a speedy recovery and hope she recovers fast and along with your sister. God Bless you
Sending prayers and well-wishes for recovery of all who were injured. Can we agree to pay extra attention on the roads in honoring life? Life is precious, and driving a vehicle deserves our undivided attention.
Not to be mean but were they wearing seat belts nothing was mention about that ?
You don’t get out much do you?
Sorry, but that was a fair question. I don’t think wollydevil was casting aspersions on the victims.
The article says the BDN hasn’t spoken yet to the sheriff’s office, which would have those details. The reporter didn’t want to pester the son with nosy questions. The police report will have the cause, so far as they can determine. Deputies work shifts, like most police officers and most people. When they’re on a day off, they’re off.
What is an aspersion?
I was not making a aspersion on any one . Now when theres a motorcycle accident thats the first thing that come out of people that why was the person now wearing a helmet .
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I am so sorry that this happened to your mother and sister. My prayers go out to all involved in this horrible accident.
Texting while driving involved?
Do you actually know something or did you mindlessly put down the first dumb thing that came into your mind? If it’s the former, have the decency to tell the police what you know. Otherwise, you would do the world a favor by simply shutting up.
IT DONT MATTER THE CAUSE YOU REAREND SOMEONE YOU ARE AT FAULT 100% I DONT UNDERSTAND NO CHARGES?
The car is RED for God’s sake! How do you not see it?
So sorry to hear about the mother…Very sad.