Route 196 was closed for about an hour Saturday following a three-vehicle crash that sent three people to area hospitals with non-lifethreatening injuries.

The crash was reported Saturday at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Route 196 near a hill and curve where many accidents have occurred recently. Topsham Fire and Rescue transported two patients and Lisbon EMS transported one.

Topsham Police Sgt. Robert Ramsay said police arrived on scene to find three vehicles totaled. Ramsay said Richard Vye, 36, of Topsham, was stopped in a 2005 Honda Civic on Route 196 in the east-bound lane waiting to turn into 841 Lewiston Road.

A second vehicle, a 1999 Toyota Camry driven by Jennifer

Poisson, 35, of Brunswick was stopped behind Vye waiting for him to turn.

Ramsay said the third vehicle involved, a red Chrysler van driven by Cindy Gibbons, 56, of Lisbon, struck the Toyota Camry driven by Poisson which pushed the Toyota into the Honda Civic driven by Vye. The van, after hitting the middle vehicle, bounced across the opposite lane and into a utility pole.

The road was shut down for about an hour and all three vehicles towed away. Poisson, Gibbons and a passenger in Vye’s vehicle were transported to the hospital with injuries and have all since been released.

An infant in Vye’s vehicle was in a car seat and was not injured. Two children in Poisson’s vehicle, who wore seat belts, were fine, Ramsay said.

Gibbons was issued a ticket, cited for following too close.

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