Deputy saves 13-year-old girl from drowning on Androscoggin River

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 8, 2021

An Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputy jumped into the Androscoggin River in Greene and saved a 13-year-old girl from drowning on Monday night. The deputy, who was on patrol nearby, rushed to the scene near Cherry Pond off River Road. He performed CPR on the girl until paramedics arrived and took her to a Lewiston hospital before transferring her to Portland’s Maine Medical Center.