A Bridgton woman and her passenger were injured after their car went off the road during an argument Wednesday afternoon in Hampden.

Hampden police Officer Ben Eyles said that at about 5:20 p.m. Rebecca King, 31, was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu north on Meadow Road, arguing with her passenger, David Atherton, 47, of Winterport.

Eyles said King’s driving evidently became erratic, and the car went off the road and crashed head-on into a tree near the intersection with Ichabod Lane.

Eyles said the car was totaled, and Atherton and King were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center. Atherton had injuries to his back and arm, and King’s leg was injured. There are no charges at this time.

Veazie police summoned an Orrington man after allegedly finding marijuana in his car while investigating an accident Wednesday afternoon.

Officer Michael Adams said that at about quarter past noon he went to the Veazie Variety Store on State Street, where a man had backed his car into a telephone pole. Adams said that the back of the car was damaged.

Adams said he had the driver, Joshua Roberts, 20, of Orrington, open the trunk to inspect the damage. Adams noticed a black tin in the trunk. Inside the tin, Adams said, was a marble-sized ball of marijuana residue.

Adams searched the car and found a small plastic bag in a cigarette pack under the driver’s seat. The bag contained a small amount of marijuana, Adams said. He charged Roberts with possession of a usable amount of marijuana.

Bangor police arrested a man on a warrant Tuesday night and reportedly found drugs in his car.

Officer Chris Desmond reported that at about 8 p.m. he saw a car driving the wrong way on French Street. As Desmond turned to follow the car, he said, the car turned around and drove the other way, but pulled over at the intersection of Penobscot Street and Broadway.

Desmond said the driver, Scott Harlow, 46, of Bangor, had an active warrant for failing to pay fines, in connection with a prior charge of operating under the influence. Desmond arrested Harlow.

Desmond said that he found a razor blade, a lighter and a spoon containing drug residue under the passenger seat of the car. Officer James Dearing later found half of an OxyContin pill in the ash tray, Desmond said.

Desmond said Harlow denied knowing about the items, explaining that the car was a loaner from Lewis Auto Sales. Harlow was charged with possession of schedule W drugs.

The discovery of moisture thought to be leaking from a package in a mail processing room at the University of Maine on Wednesday required local fire crews to put on their hazmat suits and investigate.

Boardman Hall was evacuated at about 1 p.m. when moisture was discovered on the bottom of a package that was sent from a company that makes chemicals. Orono and Old Town fire departments and the UM Department of Public Safety responded to the call.

After calling the company, safety officials determined that the package’s contents could not have been the source of the liquid.

“The package did not have any liquid material in it,” UM spokesman Joe Carr said on Wednesday. “It contained filters and plastic parts.”

With terrorism warnings still high, officials erred on the side of caution. They determined that there was no leak, and that the package had come in contact with snow sometime during its transport.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Isaac Kimball