BETHEL – David Luxton awoke to the sound of shattering glass as a car smashed into his porch during the night. Less than 48 hours later, another car spun around and hit the porch, knocking it off its foundation.

All told, vehicles careening out of control on a dangerous curve on U.S. Route 2 have damaged Luxton’s house four times since he moved there in 1975, he said. That doesn’t include vehicles that ended up on his property but missed the house.

Luxton said he wasn’t too concerned about the damage from the latest accidents Thursday night and Saturday morning.

He was more worried about one of the victims. Kevin O’Connor of South Paris, who was injured in the Friday night crash, remained in critical condition Sunday at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, a nursing supervisor said.

“I’m more concerned about that guy than what I’ve got to do. I hope that guy’s all right,” Luxton said. “You can hammer nails and wood up, but broken bones and smashed bodies don’t mend as well.”

The stretch of U.S. Route 2 is dangerous because motorists coming from New Hampshire are traveling downhill when they enter the curve. If they’re traveling too fast or if they take their eyes off the road, they may end up spinning.

The cars sometimes spin toward his house on the inside of the curve; large trucks tend to crash into the guardrail and topple over, away from the house, he noted.

Over the years, those have included a tractor-trailer loaded with beer, several logging trucks, and a car carrier loaded with pickup trucks.

The Maine Department of Transportation plans to move the highway 60 feet farther from the house and reshape the curve this summer, he said.