Michael Hanna, 38, of Damariscotta, is listed in serious condition by Maine Medical Center personnel following a confrontation in Wiscasset the morning of July 10.
Responding to a call of a man down, Wiscasset Police Officer Perry Hatch responded to the parking lot of the Wiscasset Municipal Building at approximately 9:25 a.m. and found Hanna on the pavement and bleeding, according to a department press release.
Witnesses at the scene reported an altercation between two male subjects, and Hanna allegedly was in a physical fight with the operator of another vehicle and then was dragged by the suspect’s vehicle and sustained serious injuries, according to the release.
Wiscasset Town Planner Misty Parker’s office has windows that face the parking lot where the confrontation occurred, and though she didn’t witness it, she did see a vehicle drive “very fast” through the parking lot.
“A car going that fast through the municipal parking lot is definitely something that grabs your attention,” she said.
“Right before that happened, there was also somebody slamming on their horn outside and then a car drove by very fast,” Parker said. She described the vehicle as a light-colored car that drove through the lot from the Churchill Street end toward Gardiner Road.
After the car drove through, Parker saw another vehicle backing up in the lot.
“Myself and [Code Enforcement Officer] Bruce Engert went outside to see if there was an issue and there was a woman who got out of her car and said, ‘That car just hit that man,'” Parker said.
Parker saw Hanna on the ground, went back into the building to find a paramedic, and was told someone was already out assisting him. Parker said there were several people already assisting Hanna when she went back outside.
Hanna was transported to Maine Medical Center by Wiscasset Ambulance Service for his injuries, according to the release. Information on Hanna’s condition was not immediately available.
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Detective Division is assisting in the ongoing investigation and the identity of the other subject involved in the incident is currently unknown, according to the release.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or have information are asked to contact the Wiscasset Police Department at 882-8202 or Lincoln County Communications at 882-7332.
