Leslie Trott of Brewer, one of two returning starters for the Husson College women’s basketball team, was slightly injured in an automobile accident Wednesday on Broadway in Bangor.

Trott was the passenger in a car driven by teammate Liz Boone when it collided with a U.S. Mail delivery truck.

The airbag deployed and Trott suffered a right wrist injury when she raised her hands to protect her face. The airbag jammed her wrist back.

“It would have been worse if I didn’t have the airbag. I could have hit the windshield,” said Trott, who was taken to the emergency room at Eastern Maine Medical Center.

“I’m going to be re-examined in nine days. If I tore ligaments in my wrist, I’ll be out six weeks. If it’s just bruised and swollen from the impact with the airbag, I’ll be back in three weeks,” explained Trott, who has a cast on her wrist.

Boone wasn’t injured.

Trott is a 5-foot-10 senior forward who has also played soccer and softball at Husson. She has just started a coaching career as the soccer coach for the Central Middle School boys B team in Corinth.

Trott averaged 10 points, six rebounds and 21/2 steals a year ago.

Maine’s English to start Saturday

Royston English spent most of preseason football workouts watching from the sidelines.

Saturday night, he is expected to be in the starting lineup when the University of Maine opens its season with a 7 p.m. non-league game against Colgate at Alfond Stadium.

English was plagued by heat-induced migraine headaches during preseason, but late last week received the OK to resume practicing. The senior tailback, one of only two veterans in the Black Bear backfield this season, has not experienced any problems since his return to action.

“He’s been symptom-free since [Aug. 27],” said UMaine coach Jack Cosgrove, who already had lost redshirt freshman tailback James Henry to a separated shoulder.

“He’s managed himself through the week,” Cosgrove said Thursday. “We’re excited to see that he’s practiced with no problems and is going to be ready to play.”

English was the Bears’ leading rusher last season with 666 yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 4.6 yards per carry. The 5-foot-9, 219-pounder needs 315 yards to become the eighth 2,000-yard rusher in school history.

English should be relatively fresh, having practiced sparingly prior to this week. However, Cosgrove said UMaine will not go exclusively with English on Saturday.

Freshmen Marcus Williams and Onyi Momah have been taking lots of reps in practice, with Williams likely to be the first tailback to rotate into the lineup.

“We’ve got the other two kids ready to play. We haven’t changed our approach on that,” Cosgrove said. “If Royston has a migraine today… we don’t want to think that we’re out of the woods on this. Anything that has to do with the head is frightening.”

UMaine football injuries limited

The UMaine football team is expected to open its season in reasonably good overall health.

In addition to Henry, starting defensive tackle Amos Hall has been diagnosed with a fracture in his foot. The junior, who played in 10 games a year ago, is expected to be out of action four to six weeks.

Backup inside linebacker Ben Burklow is expected to miss two or three weeks with a strained knee ligament suffered in the Aug. 30 scrimmage. The 6-0, 198-pounder saw limited action at linebacker last season, but was on the kickoff team.