FALMOUTH – From Falmouth Police: A motorcyclist was seriously in a collision with a truck in Falmouth. It happened about noon on Sandwich Road at Pinecrest Beach Road. Rescuers called for a MedFlight helicopter to land at Falmouth Hospital to fly the victim to an off-Cape trauma center. Falmouth Police called for crash reconstruction to investigate the crash. Motorists were urged to seek alternate routes to Sandwich Road.
On Thursday at 12:00 PM, members of the Falmouth Police Department and Falmouth Fire Rescue Department responded to a crash involving a sedan and a motorcycle at the intersection of Sandwich Road and Pinecrest Beach Dr. Due to injuries sustained in the crash, the motorcycle operator identified as a 38-year-male from Falmouth was transported by MedFlight to Rhode Island Hospital.
The operator of the motor vehicle involved was identified as a 32-year-old female from Falmouth. She remained on scene and is cooperating fully with the investigation. She was transported to the Falmouth Hospital with reported non-life threatening injuries.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that the motorcycle was illegally passing and operating at an excessive speed at the time of the crash.
This crash is being investigated by the Falmouth Police Department with assistance from the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office.
