Driver in September crash faces OUI, other charges

Maine State Police Trooper Jon Heimbach overlooks the chaotic scene as first responders work to free Mark E. Goode of Sanford from the Ford Escape he crashed into trees. (Lebanon Voice file photo)

LEBANON - The man involved in last September’s crash on Prospect Hill Road had a blood alcohol level of almost twice the legal limit and is facing a slew of charges in connection with the incident, said a Maine State Trooper on Monday.

Mark E. Goode, 57, of Emery Road in Sanford, Maine, will be considered for charges of OUI, Operating after Suspension from a prior OUI and Operating with an expired and suspended license, said Trooper Jon Heimbach.

Goode, who is said to shuttle between residences in Sanford and Lebanon, is listed on court documents with an Emery Street, Sanford, home address.

Heimbach could not provide a Lebanon street address but other court documents indicate he has a PO Box here.

Goode was allegedly driving a family member’s Ford Escape without permission when he drove at speeds estimated up to 60 mph along Prospect Hill Road south toward Orrill’s Hill around 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 when his vehicle left the roadway on a curve in the area of 135 Prospect Hill Road.

The vehicle cut a swath into a stand of trees just off the road and came to rest on a slight embankment off the left shoulder.

Scores of emergency personnel from Milton, Lebanon and beyond responded with more than a dozen vehicles as the Jaws of Life were used to cut away the car’s roof so Goode could be extracted from the vehicle. He was Medflighted to Maine Medical Center in Portland with serious injuries, but has since been released and is recovering.

Heimbach said he held off on identifying the man, because they were considering indicting him on more serious motor vehicle theft charges, but since the car’s owner is a relative, they ended up reducing the charged to Unauthorized use of a Motor Vehicle.

Heimbach said when blood was drawn from Goode, his BAC registered .15, almost twice the legal limit.

This wasn’t Goode’s first brush with the law. He was indicted in October 2008 on a charge of aggravated assault (class B) for a March 6 incident in Sanford.

He pleaded guilty to a single assault charge in April 2009 and served six months of a 12-month sentence.

The Lebanon Voice tried to obtain an image of Goode through State Police, the York County Jail and Sanford Police, but none was available.