A 50-year-old Gardiner man seriously injured his head in a motorcycle crash in Whitefield after colliding with a deer Sunday.
Kenneth Black and his wife Laurie Black, 47, were riding separate motorcycles south on Mills Road at 7:27 p.m. when they slowed to avoid a deer in the road that had apparently been hit by another vehicle, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. As they tried to go around the deer, it moved into their path.
Laurie Black was able to control her motorcycle but Kenneth Black wasn’t and ran into the deer and then into his wife’s motorcycle.
Neither of the Blacks was wearing a helmet, police said.
Kenneth Black was taken by ambulance to Whitefield Elementary School, and then by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Laurie Black refused medical attention, though complained of pain in her head and knee, police said.
A CMMC spokeswoman said information on Black’s condition is being withheld at the family’s request.
Deputies obtained a blood sample from Laurie Black because of the seriousness of the crash to test for drugs and alcohol but do not suspect either was a factor in the crash.
The road was closed for about two hours.
The Kennebec Journal contributed to this report.
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