Man Believed To Have Drowned After Car Flips Into a Frozen Pond

Maine State Police say it appears a man drowned after his car went off the road in Pittston and crashed through the ice.

67-year-old Edward McDonald of Woolwich was driving home from his job at the Maine Municipal Association in Augusta when his car went off the road on Route 27 Friday night, landing on its roof. Pittston Fire Chief Klayton Peckham says it appears McDonald drowned, but an autopsy is planned for this week. When first responders arrived, all they could see was the bottom of the vehicle, and the passenger compartment was fully submerged.

Police say the road was slick at the time of the accident, just after 7 p.m. The crash remains under investigation.