Auburn woman flown to hospital after motorcycle crash

Darcie Moore .. [read more] | Times Record A LifeFlight helicopter landed in an open grass area near the baseball field at Bowdoin Central School Saturday to meet rescuers with a motorcycle crash patient. Darcie Moore | Times Record A woman was injured on Main Street (Route 125) in Bowdoin Saturday night while test driving this motorcycle. BOWDOIN, Maine — An Auburn woman thrown several feet from a motorcycle that crashed along Main Street in Bowdoin Saturday night was flown to Central Maine Medical Center by helicopter. The crash was reported at 8:16 p.m. at 1266 Main St. Cpl. Aaron Skolfield with the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office said a 21-year-old Auburn woman was driving the motorcycle north on Deer Run heading toward Main Street and applied the brakes too hard.
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2 injured in 2nd Easton motorcycle accident in 2 days

Friday, authorities said. Early scanner reports indicated that an unrestrained female passenger was thrown from the motorcycle and suffered a leg injury. Easton Fire Captain James Walsh said Saturday that the woman, in her fifties, had a compound fracture to her leg. He said another motorcyclist stopped to help the injured woman, using a belt as a makeshift tourniquet to slow her bleeding. An off-duty first responder also stopped to help the injured parties. The belt was still on the woman's leg when Walsh arrived, he said.
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Three die in double motorcycle crash near Chesterfield

The crash, which happened close to the Hunloke Arms pub at about 15:00 BST, involved two riders and a passenger. The families of the men have been informed and an investigation into the cause of the accident is under way. Police initially said it was two men and a woman involved in the crash. In a separate incident, a 53-year-old Derbyshire man died after a motorbike collided with a car at about 18:00 BST on Saturday on Strines Road, near New Mills, Derbyshire. Anyone with information about either crash should contact Derbyshire Police. Enjoy the rest of your day.     weapons amnesty 1740: Derbyshire Police's latest weapons amnesty ended on Friday at 17:00. It saw hundreds of knives and guns handed in, including a decommissioned AK47 assault rifle.
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