UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Christian Sarro

My name is Christian Sarro, and I am a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where I am majoring in Environmental Science. My current interests within the major are ecological and water resources conservation, as well as data science and geospatial technology and how they can be used to inform research and policy. My better days are spent cooking, camping, hiking, doing yoga, reading, and getting some sunshine. This summer, I will be working under Ernie Atkinson at the Maine Department of Marine Resources in Jonesboro working on the assessment of habitats and populations of Atlantic Salmon in Downeast Maine. I’m hoping to gain the skills to process field data in ways that can be useful for research, and I am especially looking forward to the deployment, collection, and processing of field loggers over Maine’s coastal rivers.

Christian is a 2021 Undergraduate Intern in Sea-run Fish Research.

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