WATCH: Maine state trooper saves elderly man in ditch
VASSALBORO, Maine (Gray News) – Troopers in Maine found a man with Alzheimer’s in a ditch on the side of the road early Wednesday morning.
Police and troopers were responding to a report of an elderly man that had wandered away from home.
Authorities said troopers were able to get information from a town plow truck driver who saw a man walking in the area in the early morning hours during a storm.
They found the man lying in a ditch on the side of the road, suffering from severe hypothermia and frostbite.
Dashcam video shows Trooper Tyler Harrington carrying the 82-year-old man to safety, as he was unable to walk.
An ambulance took the man to the hospital where he is recovering from his injuries.
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