RUMFORD — A Winthrop motorcyclist was flown to a Lewiston hospital Wednesday with injuries from a collision with a Western Maine Driving Academy car on Route 108, officials said.
Two people in the car were injured and taken to Rumford Hospital.
Theodore Bryant, 83, who wasn’t wearing a helmet, suffered a head injury from striking the windshield of the car, and a broken arm, Rumford police Sgt. Douglas Maifeld said. Bryant was stabilized at Rumford Hospital, a nursing supervisor said, and flown to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.
Ashley Savage, 15, of Bethel, the student driver in the car, complained of left arm pain from the safety belt, Maifeld said. Driving instructor Anthony P. Albert, 43, of Buckfield, complained of a knee injury, Maifeld said. A nursing supervisor said they were not at the hospital by late afternoon.
The 2005 Dodge Neon is owned by Lawrence Curtis of the Western Maine Driving Academy in South Paris, Maifeld said.
He said the accident happened at 11:51 p.m. as three motorcyclists heading west stopped for an oncoming car so they could turn left onto Wyman Hill Road. Bryant, the fourth motorcyclist, was traveling behind the trio and saw they were stopped. He braked, but the 2001 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic Electra Glide started to fishtail into the opposite lane, Maifeld said.
“The bikers said they heard some braking, and then he went by them,” Maifeld said.
“The student driver hit the brakes,” Maifeld said. “She saw him swerving and she put the brakes on and tried to go to the right and her trainer slammed on the brakes.”
The impact threw Bryant into the car windshield on the driver’s side, Maifeld said.
MedCare Ambulance took the injured to the hospital.
Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter helped with traffic while Maifeld and Rumford officer Matthew Desroches investigated. Rumford firefighters helped with traffic and with leaking gas and fluids from the motorcycle and car.
Desroches, Rumford fire Deputy Chief Chris Bryant and Roland Patneaude, owner of Roland’s Automotive in Mexico, helped place the motorcycle on the flatbed tow truck. Patneaude said both vehicles were total losses.
No charges are pending, Maifeld said.
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- Three people were taken to Rumford Hospital after a head-on collision between the Dodge sedan at left and the Harley-Davidson motorcycle at right just before noon Wednesday on Route 108 in Rumford, police said.
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