Multi car accident in Enfield injures 3

ENFIELD – A three-car accident at the intersection of Dodlin Road and Route 2 Friday afternoon has left one elderly leaf-peeper hospitalized, two others slightly injured, two vehicles totaled and one miniature black poodle lost in the woods.

Jean Devereux, 70, of West Penobscot had parked her Dodge Caravan on the shoulder of Route 2 while she checked directions.

When moving back into the road, Devereux turned left onto Dodlin Road, taking her vehicle into the path of a 1993 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Jonathan Bragdon, 25, of Lincoln, who plowed his truck into the Caravan’s passenger side.

“He was unable to avoid her,” Trooper Phil Dawson of the Maine State Police said Sunday night.

The Caravan was forced into a Lincoln Continental driven by Richard Stanley, 54, of Enfield that was stopped at the intersection.

Three people were hurt in the accident.

Devereux’s passenger, Barbara Bridges, 88, of Brooksville, broke her leg.

“We’re alive, I guess that’s something,” Devereux said Sunday evening. Devereux suffered bruises.

After emergency transport to Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, Bridges was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center for surgery Friday. On Sunday night, she was listed in fair condition by EMMC staff.

Amanda Weymouth, 25, the passenger in the pickup truck, had a dislocated shoulder, according to Dawson.

Damage to the vehicles was severe. The truck, owned by Weymouth, was totaled, with an estimated $5,000 in damage. Devereux’s Caravan was a total loss with damage estimated at up to $15,000. Damage to the Lincoln Continental was estimated to be $2,500.

After the accident, Devereux said that she was overwhelmed by the attention she and the other victims received from passing motorists, the state police, two PVH ambulances and the Howland Fire Department.

“People were incredible,” she said.

While her friend recuperates at EMMC, Devereux is tending to her own bruises and staying close to the telephone. She is anxious to hear any news of Bridges’ poodle, Miss Boo, who was thrown or jumped out of the Caravan during the accident.

“I would be so heartbroken without that dog,” Devereux said through tears. “She’s a very shy, very loving animal.”

Devereux has not told Bridges yet of the poodle’s uncertain fate. She is hoping that the dog will emerge from the woods before she must do so.

Devereux expressed hope that someone may have spotted Miss Boo and spoke of her frustration in being injured, at home and unable to find the dog herself.

“I feel pretty helpless here in West Penobscot,” she said. “All you can do is pray.”

If anyone has information regarding Miss Boo, the miniature black poodle, please call 326-4286.