Fatal motorcycle accident halts Waldoboro Route 1 traffic
7/10/09 | 3 comments

Fatal motorcycle accident halts Waldoboro Route 1 traffic


By Abigail Curtis
BDN Staff

WALDOBORO, Maine — A motorcyclist died Thursday afternoon after hitting a minivan at a construction site on Route 1.

Francis Brewster, 71, of Waldoboro was southbound on Route 1 just north of the Route 235 intersection at 12:55 p.m. when he came across a line of traffic stopped for road construction, according to police.

“Mr. Brewster apparently didn’t see the vehicles stopped in traffic,” Police Chief Bill Labombarde said Thursday.

Brewster, who was wearing a helmet, rode his bike into the back of a 1996 Ford Windstar minivan driven by Patricia Boyington, 38, of Waldoboro, Labombarde said.

Traffic along Route 1 was stopped for 2½ hours in both directions while emergency crews worked at the scene.

Police have reconstructed the accident, and determined that speed was not a factor, the chief said.

Brewster was taken to Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta by Waldoboro EMS, he said.

Waldoboro police, emergency medical service providers and firefighters were at the scene.

Not registered? Click here
E-mail this
Print this
Guidelines for posting on bangordailynews.com

Bangordailynews.com is pleased to offer a forum for readers to react to our stories, discuss them and provide additional information. We are reluctant to delete comments, but do reserve that right for those who abuse our forum. For more on using this site, please see our terms of service.

The primary rule here is pretty simple: Treat others with the same respect you'd want for yourself. What does that mean specifically? Here are some guidelines (see more):

Comments
3 comments on this item
On 7/10/09 at 12:44 PM, mtaylor wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

it is difficult enough to drive a car at 71 years old, let alone a motorcycle. Speed may not have been a factor, but age was.

Report abuse
On 7/10/09 at 12:47 PM, Confederate_Yankee wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

mtaylor, That comment is just wrong. This mans family could be reading this.

Report abuse
On 7/10/09 at 12:54 PM, berquis wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

It wasn't only wrong because it was mean. It was wrong because it was WRONG. My grandfathers are both 72 years old, one flies a plane, one drives a bike and both of them could run circles around most of the 20 year olds that I have met!

Report abuse
You must be logged in to post a comment. click here to log in.

Powered by: Creative Circle Advertising Solutions, Inc.