Topsham Teen Survives 48 Hours In Ravine

TOPSHAM (NEWS CENTER) -- The search for a missing teenager came to a dramatic but happy ending Thursday night, thanks to an alert police officer.

Seventeen-year-old Kourtney Thibeault had been missing since Tuesday night.  Forty-eight hours later, Officer Troy Garrison was searching for her when he noticed damage to a large tree on Roberts Hill Road. 

Thibeault's car had crashed and landed at the bottom of a 40-foot ravine. Police say when Garrison got to the car, the teen was alert and began talking to him. Emergency crews freed her from the wreckage and she was taken to Central Maine Medical Center.

NEWS CENTER'S Caroline Cornish spoke with one of Kourtney's best friends.  She says Kourtney has a broken pelvis, a broken leg, and a broken jaw.  She says Kourtney lost control of her car because she was swerving to avoid a deer.  Her friend says she faces months of rehab, and is currently in surgery at Central Maine Medical Center.