Wednesday Jan 27, at approx 4:15 p.m. the
Grand Isle fire department responded to a vehicle
 rollover on U.S. Rt. 1 just north of the Van Buren
town line. The Fire Department arrived on scene
 with Engine 4, and a tanker, and was soon followed
 by the Van Buren Fire Rescue team, Van Buren
Ambulance, Aroostook Sheriff, and
 Madawaska Ambulance.
 
A 24 year old male driver of a single vehicle
accident, apparently was passed by another vehicle,
when he lost control,
skidding his truck, back end first into the northbound
 snow bank, which then jumped the bank, and landed with
all 4 wheels up, down into the embankment.

 The driver and his 23 year old girlfriend were able
 to squeeze through the passenger side window,
 and climb up the snow bank.
A woman driving by stopped to help out the two,
  According to G.I. Deputy Fire Chief, "The woman was a great
help, keeping the patients warm, until emergency 
crews could arrive".

Both patients were transported by Madawaska,
 and Van Buren ambulance to local hospitals,
with unknown injuries.
The driver of the first vehicle did not stop
 at the accident scene.

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Jeep skids off
icy road in Grand Isle

Friday, January 1 wasn't a great start of 2010 for a
young man from Grand Isle.
 At about 11:00 a.m. the driver of a 2000 Jeep Cherokee
was traveling north on US Rt. 1 when the rear end
 of his vehicle slid on the icy road, the driver overcorrected
in the spin and spun out in the opposite direction,
sending his SUV, back end, into the
hard packed snowbank.
 
The driver of the Jeep told GrandIsleMaine.com that
 his vehicle then rolled over down the embankment,
and stopped against some trees.
Two Grand Isle Firefighters responded to the scene,
 for traffic control, after hearing of the accident
 on a scanner, and were soon followed by the
Maine State Police.  Traffic was closed in both
 lanes for about ten minutes while a Van Buren wrecker
pulled the Jeep from the snowbank.
The driver of the SUV was not injured, and the cause
 of the accident will probably be recorded as
 icy road conditions.
The 2000 Jeep Cherokee was fully insured.



Photo's by: GrandIsleMaine.com
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Grand Falls N.B. Fire

Thursdays 9:00 p.m. atlantic time
 fire destroyed three
 Broadway Blvd. buildings....
10 fire departments responded
with about 140 Firefighters.

For donations contact the Bank of Montreal in Grand Falls.
We have an account setup there and they are keeping track of the funds for us.
 If you have some people that want to donate, they can call the bank,
 and just tell the teller on the phone that they want to put into the
“Broadway Fire Fund”
 and everything will be taken care of.  BMO phone number is 1-506-473-2933.
 If they want to donate in person, same thing, just stop into the BMO building
on Broadway Blvd in Grand Falls. It’s very hard to miss when you
 are driving down the Broadway