Two Wells police officers were injured Saturday morning when their cruiser flipped over on the Maine Turnpike in a collision with a Massachusetts man accused of illegal drug possession and operating under the influence.

Maine State Police said they received reports of an erratic driver heading south on Interstate 95 from Kennebunk at roughly 2:30 a.m. and requested assistance from Wells police to spot the vehicle, a 2006 BMW.

As the BMW approached both state and Wells police units, police said they could see it weaving all over the road, and then it suddenly crossed several lanes and veered into the median crossover where the two police cruisers were waiting.

The BMW struck the Wells cruiser, causing the cruiser to roll over and land in the passing lane on the northbound side of the turnpike, police said. The BMW then crashed into the median guardrail.

The two Wells police officers in the cruiser, Dylan McNally, 21, and Thomas Kinney, 27, were treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said.

The driver of the Massachusetts-registered BMW was Anthony Menici, 33, of Charlestown. He was transported to Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford for treatment of “a number of injuries,” police said.

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Menici was charged with OUI, driving to endanger and possession of Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addiction that also can be abused recreationally.

Both the BMW and the Wells cruiser were demolished.

The crash is under investigation by state police.

 


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