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WATERVILLE — A Waterville man who was struck by a car Friday night while reportedly sitting in the street has died from his injuries.

Mark Meserve, 55, was taken to Thayer Center for Health in Waterville and then flown to MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland after the crash, which occurred around 11 p.m. at the intersection of Elm and Spring streets, according to police.

Waterville police Maj. Jason Longley said Monday that it appeared a Mazda being driven south on Elm Street by Thomas Hayes, 70, of Oakland struck Meserve, who was sitting in the road wearing dark clothing.

Emergency crews removed Meserve from under the Mazda using hydraulic tools to lift the car off him, according to a Waterville Fire Department report.

Longley, commander of support services for the police department, said Monday that Meserve had suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Hayes was not injured in the crash, he said, and no charges are pending.

On Tuesday, Longley said police got word Monday evening that Meserve died earlier in the day from his injuries. Longley said he did not know whether Meserve had died at the hospital or what his injuries were.

“We’re very limited in what we can get from the hospital in those cases,” he said.

Police still do not know why Meserve was sitting in the road before being struck, he said.

Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Sundays in both the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. She has worked...