WINDHAM — Windham’s deputy fire chief was involved in a car crash Wednesday afternoon while responding to a report of someone who had been shot in the foot.

Fire Chief Charles Hammond said Deputy Chief John Wescott was trying to merge into Route 302 traffic – he had pulled to the side of the road after learning he was heading in the wrong direction – when his 2003 Chevrolet Impala collided with another vehicle.

Wescott’s vehicle, which is a former police cruiser used by the fire department, was spun around. He was transported to Maine Medical Center where he was treated and released for bumps and bruises.
“He’s going to miss a couple days of work,” Hammond said.

Hammond said his crews were given the wrong address for the emergency call. They went to 112 Roosevelt Trail, on the Westbrook town line, instead of 1112 Roosevelt Trail on the Raymond town line.

The gunshot wound victim was transported by a Raymond ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. The motorist who hit Wescott’s car was not injured, Hammond said.

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