BAR HARBOR — An attempt to do a good deed went horribly wrong for a Trenton man on Sept. 17.
Steven Bunker, 17, was driving in his 1995 GMC pickup when he noticed an injured seagull on the road. He picked up the bird and took it into the truck, and was driving down Route 102 toward the Acadia Wildlife Center in Town Hill when the bird sprang back into action and began flying around the cab of the truck, according to reports. The activity caused Mr. Bunker to become distracted and lose control of the vehicle, which slammed into a utility pole, snapping the pole in half. The truck came to rest in a ditch beside a large tree, police said, and was estimated to have sustained $1,500 in damage. Mr. Bunker was not injured.
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