| Winterport man in hospital after dirt bike crash |
[Jul. 18th, 2006|10:13 am] |
Winterport man in hospital after dirt bike crash
BANGOR - A Winterport man remained at a Bangor hospital Wednesday, one day after he was injured while riding a dirt bike in a gravel pit in Great Pond in the Unorganized Territory.
Jason L. Brasslett, 31, was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center to be treated for what a state game warden investigating the incident called substantial injuries. Brasslett was in fair condition Wednesday night, according to a nursing supervisor.
Brasslett was riding an unregistered dirt bike and wasn't wearing a helmet when he crashed after jumping a berm in the gravel pit off the 25,000 Road, Sgt. Doug Tibbetts of the Maine Warden Service said Wednesday.
Brasslett suffered injuries to his head, neck, ribs and shoulders, said Tibbetts, who met family members in a car partway down the road as they were trying to drive the man to their camp on Eagle Lake.
"He was in substantial pain and couldn't move at all," Tibbetts said of the Winterport man.
The remoteness of the area delayed the reporting of the accident to the state police. Weather conditions, including the possibility of thunderstorms, grounded a LifeFlight helicopter. An ambulance from Old Town, about 30 miles away, was sent to transport the man to EMMC.
Brasslett was with his sister Danielle McKay, 21, of Winterport and his two young sons, both under the age of 10, when the accident occurred.
His sister, who was riding an unregistered ATV, rode five miles to a camp on Eagle Lake to call for help, Tibbetts said. State police were notified at 5:18 p.m. Tuesday about 40 minutes after the accident occurred. The ambulance arrived about an hour after the call, he said.
McKay was summoned on a charge of operating an unregistered ATV. Tibbetts said the incident is still under investigation and that other charges likely will be filed. None of the off-road vehicles was registered and Brasslett's sons, who were riding an ATV together, were too young to be riding without an adult, Tibbetts said.
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