AROUND -- WRAPPED
AROUND A TREE.
SPEED IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A
FACTOR IN THE CRASH.
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD IS RECOVERING
FROM MINOR INJURIES AFTER
ACCIDENTALLY DRIVING A CAR DOWN
AN EMBANKMENT.
POLICE SAY THE BOY WAS PLAYING
IN THE CAR WHILE FAMILY MEMBERS
WERE IN THE DRIVEWAY ALONG
SEBAGO LAKE ROAD IN GORHAM.
THEY SAY THE CHILD ACCIDENTALLY
SHIFTED THE GEARS CAUSING THE
CAR TO ROLL DOWN THE DRIVEWAY
, ACROSS THE STREET, AND INTO AN
EMBANKMENT.
POLICE SAY THE CHILD WAS INJURED
WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE
AS IT WAS MOVING.
>> IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT
APPEARS AS THROUGH THE ADULTS
WERE AROUND BUT ACCIDENTS CAN
HAPPEN AND CLOSE SUPERVISION IS
PROBABLY WARRANTED AT ALL TIMES
WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN AND AROUND
EVEN PARKED VEHICLES.
LAUREN: POLICE SAY SEVERAL
PEOPLE IN THE AREA RUSHED TO
HELPED THE KID BEFORE HEADING TO
THE HOSPITAL.
THE CHILD IS EXEPCTED TO BE OK.
IN LEWISTON, POLICE CONTINUE
THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO REPORTS
OF SHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA OF
PINE AND SHAWMUT STREETS.
DETECTIVES SAY THE CALL CAME IN
JUST AFTER 8:00 P.M. FRIDAY FOR
SHOTS FIRED AROUND PINE STREET.
A SWEEP OF THE AREA TURNED UP A
NUMBER OF ROUNDS BUT NO EVIDENCE
OF PROPERTY DAMAGE AND THEY DO
NOT BELIEVE ANYONE WAS HURT.
OFFICERS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
>> THE LOGISTICS OF PUTTING
TOGETHER A DRUG TAKEBACK DAY IS
AMAZING.
LAUREN: COLLECTING,
TRANSPORTING, AND DESTROYING
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF
MEDICATION FROM ACROSS THE
STATE.
THAT WAS THE GOAL OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND
VOLUNTEERS ACROSS MAINE
PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL DRUG
TAKEBACK DAY.
EXPERTS SAY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
THAT ARE NO LONGER NECESSARY CAN
BE A VEHICLE FOR FUTURE
SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR SUBSTANCE
ABUSE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS JANET
BUNFORD SAYS SHE CAME TO THE
DRUG TAKE BACK COLLECTION SITE
IN LEWISTON.
HER HUSBAND DIED OF CANCER LAST
FALL AND SHE HAD LEFTOVER
MEDICATIONS SHE WANTED TO GET
OFF HER HANDS.
>> NOT ONLY WAS IT A SAFETY
ISSUE FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS
SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY
.
I WANTED TO DISPOSED THEM
PROPERLY.
I WAS GLAD FOR THIS EVENT AND
GRATEFUL.
LAUREN: OFFICERS SAY THEY
COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF
MEDICATION AT THE LEWISTON SITE
TODAY.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH IS ONE OF MANY
MAINE TOWNS HIT HARD BY THE
OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
NEWS 8'S TYLER CADORETTE
EXPLAINS HOW POLICE OFFICERS
, VOLUNTEERS, AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HAVE PLEDGED TO RECLAIM
THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ONE
PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE AT A TIME.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SOLIDS OR LIQUIDS?
TYLER: NORMALLY MOST PEOPLE
WOULD NOT WANT TO FIND
THEMSELVES AT THE POLICE STATION
ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
BUT MARY FAYE JONES WAS ONE OF
MANY WHO MADE A POINT TO STOP BY
ON NATIONAL DRUG TAKEBACK DAY.
>> I GOT EXCITED THAT IT WAS IN
MY COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE CARED IN
MY COMMUNITY TO GET THIS DEED
DONE FOR THE DAY.
TYLER: THE DEED SHE'S REFFERING
TO?
COLLECTING AS MANY UNWANTED OR
EXPIRED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AS
POSSIBLE.
>> I HAD A BOTTLE FULL IN MY
CUPBOARD AND I DIDN'T WANT THAT
IN MY HOUSE, EVEN WITH MY LITTLE
GRANDCHILDREN AROUND.
TYLER: BILL PATERSON IS ONE OF
MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAKE
IT HAPPEN.
>> WE NEED TO GET THESE DRUGS
OUT OF THE HOMES.
WE NEED TO GET THEM OFF THE
STREETS.
WE NEED TO GET THEM INTO OUR MED
RETURN BOXES.
TYLER: ALL PART OF AN EFFORT TO
RAISE AWARENESS FOR MAINE'S
GROWING OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
IN ADDITION TO KEEPING DRUGS OUT
OF THE WRONG HANDS, TAKEBACK DAY
DAY ALSO PROTECTS THE STATE'S
ENVIRONMENT.
>> WE FIND THAT PEOPLE WILL
OFTENTIMES FLUSH THEM DOWN THE
TOILET IN THE PAST, WHICH IS
DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD THING.
TYLER: BAG AFTER BAG, BOTTLE
AFTER BOTTLE, THE IMPACT OF THE
INITIATIVE IS CLEAR.
>> IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND
IT'S JUST A PIECE OF THE PIE IF
YOU WILL IN TERMS OF THE LARGER
PICTURE THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUR
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