WINSLOW — A newly licensed teenager was charged Tuesday with driving to endanger, a day after the SUV he was driving veered off Garland Road and rolled three times.
The SUV was going 85 mph in a 45 mph zone, police said.
The two adults and three youths who were injured Monday all were taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Waterville. By Tuesday morning, they had been released.
The 16-year-old driver, whose identity was withheld because of his age, was issued a $137 ticket by police for violating conditions of his intermediate license.
The 2005 Chevrolet Equinox was going south on Garland Road. A passer-by reported the accident at 3:37 p.m. Monday, police said. The vehicle is registered to the 16-year-old’s mother.
The Equinox went over a knoll in the road and, because it was going nearly double the speed limit, “went airborne,” police said. As it landed and swerved, the driver saw another car in the opposite direction and over-corrected.
The SUV went sideways off the road, smashed a mailbox, hit a ditch and rolled three times.
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