MARS HILL, Maine – A Fort Fairfield man is facing charges after crashing his vehicle in Mars Hill over the holiday weekend.
On July 4, 2020, at approximately 10:53 p.m., the Houlton Regional Communication Center received a report of an erratic driver traveling south on Route 1A in Mars Hill. At approximately 11 p.m. Houlton RCC received a report via 911 of a single vehicle crash on Route 1A in Mars Hill.
Tpr. Steve Mahon responded and determined that Grayden Griffeth, 18, of Fort Fairfield, was traveling south on Route 1A in his 2008 Chevy Avalanche when he lost control and struck the guardrail. Griffeth left the roadway and went down a steep embankment rolling the vehicle onto its side. He was wearing his seatbelt and his airbags deployed but he still suffered minor injuries in the crash.
Griffeth refused medical treatment. Speed and alcohol were a factor in the crash and as a result Griffeth was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol.
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