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13-year-old injured after biking into moving car near Route 2 in Island Falls, Maine

Modified Date: 
Tue, 08/18/2015 - 4:17pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Boy on bicycle hits moving car in Island Falls

The sheriff of Aroostook County said Tuesday in a written statement that a Dixfield boy is lucky to have escaped more serious injuries after he struck a moving car while riding a bicycle on Monday. Sheriff Darrell Crandall said that the crash happened just before 6 p.m. in Island Falls. Crandall said deputies and Maine State Police troopers went to the scene of the accident, which occurred on a trail in a field just west of the village on Route 2. The 13-year-old boy had been biking down the path, the sheriff said, when he apparently entered the roadway and struck the side of a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Kimberly Long, 43, of Island Falls.
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Type: Bicycle Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved, Ejected from Vehicle
People Involved: 
Kimberly Long
Roadway: 
Route 2
City: 
Island Falls, ME
County: 
Aroostook County, ME
Area: 
Presque Isle, ME

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