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.

Cora Saddler

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Email: cora.saddler@maine.edu

Office hours – by appointment

Courses Taught

ENG 101: College Composition

Bio

Hello! My name is Cora Saddler, and I am an English Graduate TA with a concentration in creative writing. I am from a small town in Arkansas and did my undergrad at Ouachita Baptist University, but I lived and worked for a nonprofit magazine in Chicago right before coming here. I have a great interest in surrealism, absurdism, and magical realism and write short stories that play with the fluidity of memory and time. You can find me reading Gabriel García Márquez, Haruki Murakami, or more recently, Kazuo Ishiguro in my spare time.

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Cora Saddler