A car hit an elderly man crossing Main Street in downtown Ellsworth at rush hour on Friday.
The 78-year-old Ellsworth man stepped out from between parked cars near State and Water streets when he was hit by a 2007 Buick sedan at about 4:40 p.m. He suffered head cuts but was conscious when he was taken to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital, Ellsworth police Sgt. Chad Wilmot said.
The driver, a 75-year-old Surry man, told police that he couldn’t see the pedestrian because the sun was in his eyes, Wilmot said.
The driver was not cited.
The police investigation is continuing.
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