MEXICO — A local woman escaped injury late Wednesday morning when the car she was driving slid off Route 120, broke a utility pole and landed in a pool of water next to the Swift River.
Mexico police Officer Derek MacDonald said Crystal Martin, 55, was driving southwest in a 2007 Saturn sports car when she lost control of it on black ice and slush. The front passenger side hit the pole, breaking it, and the car continued 15 to 20 feet down an embankment, landing on its side in the icy water.
A Mexico firefighter said it was a good thing the car didn’t land on its roof and become partially submerged.
The accident occurred at 11:25 a.m. about two miles from the intersection with Route 2. Mexico firefighters limited traffic to one lane before closing the road so Brad Adley of Adley’s Auto Service of Rumford could haul the car up to the road.
Adley went down the slope, pulled a chain from a second Adley’s tow truck, attached it to the car and the second tow truck pulled it up onto Route 120 where it was loaded onto a flatbed. MacDonald said the Saturn was demolished.
A Central Maine Power crew attempted to brace the broken pole, which remained upright.
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- A 2007 Saturn sports car with a log jammed under its front end is pulled up onto Route 120 in Mexico on Wednesday morning. Crystal Martin, 55, of Mexico was not injured when the car slid on black ice and slush, broke the utility pole at left and landed on its side in a pool of water near the Swift River.
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- Mexico firefighter Seth Marshall, left, watches Brad Adley of Adley’s Auto Service in Rumford pull a log from under a 2007 Saturn sports car that slid off Route 120 in Mexico on Wednesday morning. The car, driven by Crystal Martin of Mexico, broke a utility pole, slid down an embankment and landed on its side in a pool of water beside the Swift River.
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- Brad Adley, owner of Adley’s Auto Service in Rumford, prepares to pull a tow chain down to a 2007 Saturn sports car that slid off Route 120 in Mexico on Wednesday morning. The car landed on its side in a pool of water beside the Swift River. Driver Crystal Martin of Mexico escaped injury.
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