Site Map |

Search IFW:

DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

• Commissioner's OfficeBureaus & Divisions
• All-Terrain Vehicles, Snowmobiles, and Watercraft
• Education
• Employment
• Fishing
• Grants
• Hunting and Trapping
• Laws and Rules
• Licenses and Permits
• News and Events
  • Meetings and Events
  • Press Releases
• Wildlife

Press Releases

Contact: Edie Smith, Spokesperson Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 284 State Street 41 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333

Media representatives can receive press releases via e-mail.

Telephone: work (207) 592-4348

Fax: (207) 287-6395

• Maine Warden Service Press Releases
• Maine Wildlife Park Press Releases
• Previous Press Releases for 2010
• Previous Press Releases for 2009
• Previous Press Releases for 2008

February 20, 2010

Car Goes Through Ice on Damariscotta Lake; Driver Not Hurt

Augusta, Maine - A 63-year-old man was not hurt when he drove his car into an ice pressure ridge today and it broke through into 40 feet of water.

Henry Lee, 63, hometown unknown, was driving his 2006 Chevrolet Impala on Damariscotta Lake when he drove into a pressure ridge approximately 30 feet in width at approximately 10:30 a.m. today.

According to Maine Game Warden Joey Lefebvre, Mr. Lee heard the ice breaking under his vehicle, opened its door, and jumped from the vehicle as it was going down in 40 feet of water.

As of Saturday evening, the vehicle remains in the lake.

Maine.gov | IFW Home | Site Policies