Updated July 16
Standish motorcyclist seriously injured in crash with tractor-trailer
Police say Raymond Taylor, 60, tried to pass on the right as a truck hauling an excavator was making a wide right turn in Standish.
A Standish man was seriously injured Friday afternoon when his motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer hauling an excavator.
The crash happened just before 4 p.m. Friday when the driver of a Harley Davidson attempted to pass the truck on the right as it was making a wide righthand turn from Chadbourne Road onto Middle Jam Road in Standish, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said.
The motorcycle driven by 60-year-old Raymond Taylor of Standish collided with the truck and was crushed under the trailer. Taylor was not wearing a helmet and sustained significant injuries, police said. He was taken to Maine Medical Center.