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.

Dylan Garrabrant

I am a Marine Biology major at Stockton University in Southern New Jersey, class of 2023. After I graduate, I hope to earn my master’s degree in Fisheries Management or a related field and become a Fisheries Biologist for a state or federal agency. In my free time I fish every chance I get but I also enjoy cooking and playing/listening to music. This summer though, I will be tending both smolt and adult Atlantic salmon traps with Jonesboro DMR’s Colby Bruchs. Later in the summer I will work with my mentor, Ernie Atkinson monitoring temperature in various salmon habitats to see if one areas temperature can be accurately used to predict another’s.

I am very excited to get experience in the field with sampling methods as well as contribute in any way to helping recover the endangered Atlantic Salmon. I am most excited, though, to see a wild adult salmon as I did not even know they still existed in the US until I applied for this internship.

Dylan is a 2022 Undergraduate Intern in Sea-run Fish Research.

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