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A 46-year-old Bristol man was in critical condition in a Maine hospital today after his all-terrain vehicle crashed on Sunday.

John Sylvia was being treated in the intensive care unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center, in Bangor, a hospital spokeswoman said this afternoon. Sylvia was taken to the hospital after sustaining serious head injuries when his ATV flipped in Thorndike, a town in Waldo County.

The Maine State Police told the Republican Journal of Belfast, Maine, that at about 5 p.m. Sunday Sylvia was trying to make a sharp right turn from a public road onto property he owns when his 2005 Polaris Sportsman ATV rolled over. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, Trooper Tom Welch told the newspaper.

Sylvia was taken Sunday by a LifeFlight helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center for treatment.

-- Journal staff

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