A Sullivan man was killed Friday morning after the motorcycle he was operating crossed the centerline on Route 1 and collided head-on with a pickup truck, according to the Maine State Police.
The crash occurred at approximately 8:25 a.m. on Friday, July 3, near the Washington Junction in Hancock.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a motorcycle traveling westbound crossed into the eastbound lane, where it struck an oncoming pickup truck head-on.
The motorcycle operator, identified as 44-year-old Jim Hoyt of Sullivan, was pronounced dead at the scene. State police said Hoyt was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the pickup truck sustained minor injuries.
Route 1 was closed for several hours while Maine State Police Troopers investigated the crash and emergency crews worked to clear the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
US Rte 1 runs north and south.
But it RUNS basically East/West between the bridge over the Penobscot River and Machias, then swinging north and northwest to Houlton and then Fort Kent.
i’ve driven it.
Sorry Ed.
Rt 1 runs 2370 miles, all the way from Key West Fla to Fort Kent Maine.
I-95 actually veers NW for a few miles below Bangor, but it is still I95 South.