The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) responded to a total of 51 weather-related motor vehicle incidents during the Dec. 6 snowstorm.
According to LCSO Lt. Rand Maker, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., deputies investigated 15 accidents that, due to injury or property damage in excess of $1000, required a state report. The office responded to 36 additional incidents, including single car accidents and accidents with minor property damage.
“We’re still regrouping – catching up on the paperwork,” Maker said.
A Nobleboro accident sent Laureen Normand, 43, of Sanford, to Miles Memorial Hospital and subsequently to the Maine Medical Center in Portland with head injuries and a broken leg. Maker described Normand’s injury as the most serious of the day.
According to a Maine Medical Center representative, Normand was in “satisfactory” condition Dec. 7.
In addition to five LCSO employees in uniform, Sheriff Todd Brackett and LCSO detectives assisted with storm-related incidents.
“We managed it,” Maker said. “The first storm of the season is always like this.”
Waldoboro Police Chief Bill Labombarde reported about 12 accidents, ten during the storm and two Monday night.
“It happens every time it’s the first storm of the year,” Labombarde said. “People forget that snow and ice are slippery and they have to drive differently. By [the] next storm, it’ll be half that many, and by the third storm we’ll only have a couple.”
(Samuel J. Baldwin contributed reporting to this article.)
