PRESQUE ISLE – A Presque Isle man remained hospitalized in good condition Monday at The Aroostook Medical Center after his vehicle rolled over him earlier in the day.

Paul Larochelle, 59, of Presque Isle was trying to regain control of his vehicle in the KeyBank parking lot just before 9:30 a.m. Monday when he was injured.

According to Sgt. Joey Seeley of the Presque Isle Police Department, police received two telephone calls, both at about 9:25 a.m., one about an accident involving two vehicles and the other about a man lying down in the North Street bank parking lot.

The two incidents were connected.

Seeley said Larochelle was going to the bank on business and left his vehicle without realizing he had left it in reverse instead of park. When he noticed the vehicle was moving, Larochelle attempted to re-enter the vehicle.

Instead, Larochelle was dragged by the vehicle, and he fell to the ground. The front wheel of his 2000 four-wheel-drive vehicle ran over the length of his body. He was taken to The Aroostook Medical Center by ambulance.

Larochelle’s vehicle struck a 1999 minivan owned by James Leclair of Wade. The minivan had about $2,000 in damage.

Seeley said there was no damage to Larochelle’s vehicle.

Seeley was assisted at the scene by Officer John York, Presque Isle Police Chief Naldo Gagnon and the Presque Isle Fire Department.