Unfortunately, another Saab 9-3X Sportcombi was disabled for traffic, but it did its job – Saab saved lives again, this time in Brunswick, Main (USA). According to local police, the incident occurred on May 7 in the morning on the local Greenwood Road.
On 5/7/2021 at approximately 11:18 hours, the Brunswick Police and Brunswick Fire and Rescue responded to the area of Industrial Parkway on Greenwood Rd for a motor vehicle that had collided with a telephone pole.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a 2011 SAAB 9-3X station wagon, that sustained heavy front end damage, had been traveling east on Greenwood Rd, drifted off the roadway to the right into the soft shoulder, and subsequently struck a telephone pole. The telephone pole sustained heavy damage and will need to be replaced.
The driver, Eric Maclean, 39, from Turner, was uninjured. The passenger Thomas Marsh, 29, from Auburn, was transported to Mid-Coast Hospital with minor injuries. Both driver and passenger were wearing seatbelts and the vehicle’s airbags were deployed.
Greenwood Rd. was closed to vehicular traffic for approximately an hour. The road remains closed to one lane while Central Maine Power replaces the damaged pole. Police said there is no suspicion or indication that drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash, and that the vehicle instead simply drifted into the soft shoulder, which pulled the car into the path of the pole.
