Speed is being considered a factor in a car crash in Levant Thursday night that injured three people. None of the injuries were seen as life-threatening.

A 17-year-old from Stetson was heading north on the Horseback Road when he lost control of the 1999 Monte Carlo and struck a utility pole, reported Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputy Tom Burgess. The car then crossed into the opposite lane and into a field, then returned to the road where it spun around in a circle. The car then drove into the field and flipped onto its roof.

A 20-year-old woman in the car suffered a head injury, while a 15-year-old girl suffered head and back injuries. The driver had cuts on his neck and face.

All three people in the car were wearing seatbelts and the airbags deployed, Burgess said. No alcohol was involved, but Burgess said the driver admitted to speeding. Burgess said driver inexperience is also being considered a factor in the accident that occurred shortly before 8 p.m., almost a mile from the Mt. Pleasant Road.

A 5-year-old child was taken to the hospital for possible head injuries after the car in which she was riding was rear-ended.

Bangor police Officer Edward Mercier said Juha-Matti Levasalmi, 41, of Bangor, was westbound on State Street at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Mercier said a green Pontiac struck Levasalmi’s green Volvo from behind when it stopped at Maple Street. The Pontiac was then hit by a green Saab. Levasalmi was not injured, Mercier said, but the car received $1,000 worth of rear-end damage.

Heikki Levasalmi, 1, was in a car seat in the Volvo and was not injured. Ella Levasalmi, 5, wearing a seatbelt, complained of head injuries. She was taken by ambulance to Eastern Maine Medical Center, where she was treated and released.

Sheena Greenlaw, 19, of Orono, was driving the Pontiac. Mercier said Greenlaw complained of chest pain caused by her seatbelt. Her passenger was not injured. Her car had to be towed, and had about $600 worth of damage, Mercier said.

Katie Tremblay, 20, of Fort Fairfield, was driving the Saab and was not injured. Mercier said the car received $1,500 worth of damage and had to be towed.

Mercier said the drivers were probably following too close.

A tractor-trailer jackknifed after being cut off on Interstate 95 Wednesday afternoon.

Amy Wentworth, 33, of Newport, was heading north on I-95 at about 3 p.m. when she crossed from the passing lane to the Broadway exit, cutting off a tractor-trailer, according to Maine State Trooper Kyle Willette.

Willette said the truck driver braked suddenly and the rig jackknifed. Traffic stopped for a while but nobody was injured.

Wentworth was charged with leaving a travel lane unsafely.

An Old Town man went to the hospital after crashing his bicycle Tuesday.

Old Town police Officer Chris Hashey said Matt Cyr, 27, was cycling west on the eastbound side of Stillwater Avenue at about 4:15 p.m. when Scot Shorey, 39, of Old Town, failed to stop as he turned onto Stillwater Avenue from Abbot Street. Hashey said Cyr didn’t see Shorey’s truck, and they collided.

Hashey said Cyr complained of shoulder pain. An ambulance crew took Cyr to Eastern Maine Medical Center. There are no charges at this time.

A Bangor motorcycle cop arrested a driver on two traffic charges and a warrant Tuesday night. Officer Kevin MacLaren said he was driving a police motorcycle on Hammond Street at about 8:45 p.m. when he saw a pickup truck roll through a stop sign.

MacLaren stopped the truck, driven by Corey Morrow, 24, of Bangor. MacLaren said the plates on the truck belonged to a 1991 Oldsmobile. Dispatch told MacLaren Morrow’s driver’s license was suspended, and that Morrow had an arrest warrant out.

MacLaren arrested Morrow for operating after suspension, illegally attached plates, and the warrant.

Bangor police summoned a motorcyclist at the hospital Tuesday.

Officer Edward Mercier said he went to an accident on Broadway at about 4:45 p.m. where he spoke with motorcyclist Kenneth Wentworth, 60, of Bangor, who was then taken to St. Joseph Hospital for minor injuries.

Mercier subsequently discovered that the motorcycle had another vehicle’s plates. At the hospital Mercier summoned Wentworth for operating an unregistered vehicle.

– Compiled by NEWS reporters Isaac Kimball and Doug Kesseli