A man was transported by LifeFlight helicopter the afternoon of Dec. 5 for an accidental gunshot wound, according to Edgecomb Fire Chief Roy Potter.
The page went out at around 12:30 p.m. and Potter said he was told the man had called in the accident himself.
When Potter arrived on the scene on Moonlight Road, the man was still conscious but had lost “a lot of blood.”
Potter said he believes the man “had a .38 in the pocket of his jacket and it went off.”
“The bullet went into his chest and the medics believe it was lodged in his neck,” Potter said.
A landing zone was set up at the Edgecomb Fire Station, and a Wiscasset ambulance transported the man to the helicopter, Potter said.
The LifeFlight helicopter transported the man to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Potter said.
Potter said the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Dept. was on the scene to investigate.
The man’s name has not yet been released until the man’s family has been notified, Potter said.
This story will be updated as soon as more information is available.
