Man Airlifted to Northern Light Hospital After Accident in Town Hill Tuesday

There was a serious 3 car accident Tuesday afternoon, October 6th on Route 102 in Town Hill , resulting in one of the drivers being subsequently life-flighted to Northern Light Hospital in Bangor.

According to the Bar Harbor Police Department's press release

On October 6th  at 1320 hours, Officers from the Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Police Departments responded to a multiple vehicle crash on State Highway 102 at the intersection of Gilbert Farm Road in Bar Harbor. Evidence gathered at the scene, as well as eyewitness statements support the following accounting of events:

A 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee operated by Christopher Buzzell, age 45 of Bar Harbor, was traveling southbound on State Highway 102. Mr. Buzzell’s vehicle failed to stop for vehicles stopped in front of him and struck a 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser from behind, operated by Halsey Aguiar (age 23) of Nantucket, Massachusetts. As a result of the initial impact, Mr. Aguiar’s vehicle crashed into the vehicle in front of it, a black 2019 GMC Sierra pickup operated by Edward Monat (age 54) of Bar Harbor. All three vehicles came to final rest in the southbound lane of State Highway 102.

Mr. Buzzell suffered incapacitating injuries as a result of the crash and was subsequently transported to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital in Ellsworth. Mr. Buzzell was later life-flighted by Life flight of Maine to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor due to the extent of injuries. No other parties were injured as a result of the crash. All three vehicles sustained heavy disabling damage and were towed from the scene.

Multiple agencies assisted at the scene, including: The Bar Harbor Fire Department. Reconstruction assistance was provided by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and Maine State Police. State Highway 102 was closed from the Gilbert Farm Rd to the Knox Road in Town Hill for approximately three hours while personnel attended to the crash. Southbound traffic was re-routed east on Gilbert Farm Rd and northbound traffic, north on the Knox Road.