Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the crash of a single motorcycle
Author: Hannah Dineen (NEWS CENTER Maine)
Published: 10:19 PM EDT July 24, 2021
Updated: 11:37 PM EDT July 24, 2021
NEWCASTLE, Maine — Deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle.
Police say Thomas B. Atticks, 76, of Newcastle, died in the crash.
A call reporting the crash came in just past 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 24. It happened in the area of box 300 North Newcastle Road.
Officials say their initial investigation shows Atticks was driving a 2002 Yamaha motorcycle, traveling south on North Newcastle road, when he drifted off the southbound shoulder and left the roadway. The motorcycle then collided with a tree stump.