UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Clifford Milo Singer, MD, DFAPA, AGSF

Dr. Cliff Singer is a psychiatrist and geriatrician, coming to Maine in 2010 after many years at Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Vermont. He is now Chief of the Center for Geriatric Cognitive and Mental Health at Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor and Research Professor at the University of Maine. He leads a multidisciplinary team at the Mood and Memory Clinic at Northern Light Acadia Hospital and the Robert C. Strauss Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program. He was the founding president of the Oregon Geriatrics Society and past president of the Maine Dirigo Geriatrics Society. He’s received awards for research and clinical work with older adults in both Oregon and Maine and the EMMC Family Medicine Residents gave him their Faculty Teaching Award in 2016. He’s been selected by peers to “Best Doctors in America” every year since 2004.

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Clifford Milo Singer, MD, DFAPA, AGSF