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LEBANON, ME - The Lebanon Rescue Department and Maine State Police responded to Evergreen Lane in Lebanon for a small child that had been involved in an ATV accident. The incident was reported at 4:44 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Rescue units were advised to stage away from the scene due to a confrontation at the scene. Two Maine State Police troopers responded and arrived around 5:07 p.m., about twenty-three minutes after the call was dispatched.

"The hardest part on the rescue responders is knowing there is a small child that needs help and you have to stage for about twenty-three minutes awaiting police to secure the scene for responder safety." Assistant Rescue Chief and Public Information Officer Jason Cole stated.

"When rescue crews were cleared to respond into the scene, they located a 7-year-old male patient who had been riding his bicycle when he was struck head on by a full sized Kawasaki 4-wheeler and then became pinned underneath it. It took several neighbors and family members to get the four wheeler off the child prior to our arrival. A paramedic from Lebanon Rescue was requested to the scene and Lifeflight Helicopter was started due to the mechanism of injury and potential serious injuries. He was conscious and alert during the transport." Assistant Chief Jason Cole stated.

The 7-year-old male is from Lebanon, Maine.

It does not appear the child was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.

The child was loaded into Lebanon Rescue 1 and transported at the advanced life support level to Goodall Hospital in Sanford, where he was stabilized. Lifeflight helicopter landed just after the ambulance arrived at the hospital. After the patient was stabilized in the emergency room at Goodall Hospital, Lebanon Rescue loaded the patient and brought the patient to the helicopter pad located at Goodall and loaded the patient into the Lifeflight Helicopter. The patient's mother also flew in the helicopter.

The patient was transported via helicopter to the trauma center at Maine Medical Center.

"The cause of the accident and events leading up to this tragic incident are a criminal matter that is being investigated by the Maine State Police. We do not know anything further than that." Assistant Chief Jason Cole advised.