12 December 2012 Edition - Fiddlehead Focus

Three vehicles sustain damage after late
night accident at Valley Auto Main St. lot
By Monica Pettengill Jerkins
FORT KENT - Valley Auto
has suffered another blow as
they attempt to rebuild their
business after a fire destroyed
their Main Street building in
early October.
Just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 4, 19-year-old Phillip
Pabellon of Fort Kent was traveling
west in his 2004 Chevy
Impala on West Main Street
when he attempted to negotiate
a left turn onto Elm Street near
the vacant lot where Valley Auto
was displaying some vehicles
for sale.
Pabellon hit a curb, which
bounced him into the right rear
end of a 2013 Chevy Silverado
crew cab parked in the Valley
Auto lot. The force of the im-
pact pushed the pick-up into a
neighboring 2012 GMC Acadia.
Fort Kent Police Chief Kenneth
Michaud said the roads were wet
at the time of the accident, but that
he was unsure if road conditions
were a factor in the incident.
Pabellon suffered from some
minor abrasions as a result of the
collision, but an ambulance was
not requested at the scene.
Officer Chuck Richard responded
to the incident, and determined
Pabellon's vehicle a total loss.
Police notified Valley Auto
Sales Manager Nelson Daigle of
the incident the following morning
at 8 a.m. Damage to the new
Silverado was severe enough that
Chief Michaud said the company
would likely be unable to sell it.
Daigle said the pick-up had a
sticker price of $43,530 and
though the company had yet to
complete the estimate on the
amount of damage, he said it was
definitely more than $10,000. The
Acadia, which was priced at
$38,385, sustained approximately
$3,000 in damage, according to
Daigle.
Chief Michaud reported that
alcohol did not appear to be a
factor in the crash, which is still
under investigation. He said there
are no charges pending at this
time.
As for Valley Auto, which has
been operating sales out of a temporary
Caribou Road location
since the fire, Daigle said, "We're
going to contact the insurance
company and take it from there."
Main Street accident results in injuries, charges
By Jenna Beaulieu
MADAWASKA – An early
morning accident on Dec. 8 resulted
in minor injuries and
damage to both vehicles that
totaled over $1,000. According
to Gerry Cyr, an individual in
one of the vehicles, the accident
occurred around 1:15 am on
Saturday morning. Britney
Pelletier, 21, along with Cyr and
one other passenger, was
stopped on Main Street and was
waiting to turn onto Fourth Avenue.
Dereck Dionne, 25, was traveling
west on Main Street when
Pelletier made a left turn onto
Fourth Avenue with her 1990
Pontiac passenger car. Dionne’s
vehicle broadsided Pelletier’s car
on its passenger side.
Sergeant Ross Dubois and Madawaska
Ambulance Department
responded to the call and the am-
bulance transported Pelletier and
her two passengers to Northern
Maine Medical Center for treatment
of minor injuries. Cyr sustained
the most significant injuries
when glass shards went into
his eye.
Doctors released Pelletier and
both passengers Saturday morning.
Police subsequently charged
her with failure to yield right of
way on entering a public way.
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