WASHBURN, Maine — A mother and her child avoided major injuries in a rollover crash on Washburn Road Saturday morning, though rescue personnel transported the child to the hospital.
Dawn Brooker, 45, of Washburn, was driving a 2003 Chevy Venture east on Washburn Road and lost control of the vehicle, according to Aroostook County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Belanger, who responded to the crash around 9:45 a.m.
The van left the road and rolled over multiple times before coming to rest on the passenger’s side. Brooker’s 6-year-old child who was sitting in a child safety seat was ejected from the vehicle. The child was transported by Crown Ambulance to Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital to be treated for injuries that were not considered life threatening, according to the deputy.
The van was towed from the scene and an investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, Belanger said. Members of the Washburn police and fire departments and Crown Ambulance assisted at the scene.
