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September 5, 2011

Massachusetts man hurt in Industry ATV crash

Morning Sentinel Staff

INDUSTRY -- A Massachusetts man riding as a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle was injured Sunday morning when the vehicle reportedly hit an embankment and flipped over.

Ryan Murray, 23, of Lowell, Mass., was riding an ATV driven by Justin Messina, 22, of Tewksbury, Mass., on the Greenwood Brook Road when Messina apparently lost control of the vehicle, according to Edith Smith at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Messina was thrown clear from the ATV, while Murray was pinned underneath. Messina was able to roll the ATV off Murray, who was then taken by Northstar EMS to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington with non-life threatening injuries. Initial reports are that Murray has a possible fracture to his left leg and was conscious and talking with medical personnel at the scene, Smith said.

Both men were wearing helmets and the accident is being attributed to excessive speed. The accident occurred just down the road from Messina's grandparents' house in Industry.

Responding to the accident were Maine Game Wardens Kris MacCabe and Kim Bates.

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