TRENTON – Three people were taken to the hospital Friday after a four-car accident on Bayside Road that left one man trapped inside his vehicle for about a half-hour.

Police, ambulance and fire crews converged on the narrow stretch of Bayside Road, which also is Route 230, shortly before 4 p.m.

A press release from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department indicated Joseph Hills, 39, of Bucksport, was traveling north and apparently tried to pass in a no passing zone when his 1999 Volkswagen struck another vehicle traveling south on the roadway.

Police reported Tanya Gilley, 20, of Dedham, was driving the vehicle Hills tried to pass, a white 1999 Ford Taurus.

When the two vehicles crested a small hill, Hills’ Volkswagen, which was slightly ahead of the Ford, collided with a 1997 Subaru Legacy headed south and driven by Cheryle Dyer, 54, of Trenton.

The impact forced Hills’ Volkswagen into Gilley’s Taurus, then into a 1991 Volvo wagon headed south and driven by Emily O’Connell, 22, of Hampden, according to the release. The Volkswagen then left the roadway and landed on its side, pinning Hills in his car until rescue crews were able to cut him free, police reported.

Hills was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, and Gilley and Dyer were sent to Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth. Dyer was later transferred to EMMC. O’Connell was seen by County Ambulance personnel and released. A nurse at Maine Coast Memorial said late Friday that Gilley was treated and released. No further information was available before press time on the victims taken to EMMC.

Debris was scattered across the two-lane road, which was closed while emergency crews, including firefighters from Trenton, Lamoine and Ellsworth, were on the scene. Most cars heading south were seen turning around to find an alternate route.

Deputy Scott Kane of the Sheriff’s Department is investigating the crash. No charges had been filed as of Friday evening.

The vehicles of Hills, Dyer and O’Connell were damaged beyond repair, while Gilley’s Taurus had an estimated $2,000 in damage, according to police.

BDN reporter Nok-Noi Hauger contributed to this story.