Police say speed and alcohol were factors in a crash Saturday night in Lisbon that left a Bowdoin man critically injured.

Lisbon Police Department was called to the crash at the intersection of Ridge and Gould roads at 11:27 p.m. Saturday, according to Lisbon Police Sgt. Harry Moore. When officers arrived they found a badly damaged gold 2007 Honda Element that had gone off the road and into some trees.

A passenger, Erica McIver, 43, of Bowdoin, was wearing a seat belt and had managed to get out of the vehicle and crawl to the roadside.

Frederick Field, 52, also of Bowdoin, was trapped in the car had had to be extricated by Lisbon Fire Department personnel.

Police said Field, who was critically injured, was not wearing a seat belt.

Field was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston where he was listed in critical condition with severe head injuries.

McIver was transported to CMMC with minor injuries, Moore said.

Speed and alcohol are factors in the crash, which remains under investigation by Lisbon Police Department officers Shawn Kelly, Andrew Levesque and Jason St. Pierre.

A LifeFlight helicopter landed at Lisbon High School but was not used as transport. LifeFlight, Auburn Rescue, United Ambulance, Lisbon Emergency, Lisbon Fire and Androscoggin Sheriff ’s Department assisted at the scene.

Several trees had to be cut in order to remove the car.

dmoore@timesrecord.com

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