Traffic & Transit
Motorcycle Driver Seriously Hurt In Vernon Off-Ramp Crash
A serious motorcycle crash took place in Vernon over the weekend.
VERNON, CT — A Massachusetts man was seriously inured in a weekend motorcycle crash in Vernon, state police said.
The crash took place at 6:10 p.m. Saturday near the Exit 64 eastbound off-ramp of Interstate-84, state police said.
The driver of the motorcycle, a 58-year-old Hampden, MA, resident, had to take what state police described as "evasive action" coming off the highway because of traffic backed up at a red light.
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The motorcycle then hit a curb and a sign post and the man was thrown from the bike, according to a crash report. He was taken to Hartford Hospital with serious head injuries via Life Star helicopter, according to a crash report.
State police aid anyone witnessing the accident can call them at 860-896-3200, Ext. 8071.
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