A motorcyclist was seriously injured when he collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 1 in Rowley, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning.
A man was seriously injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a motorcycle Thursday morning on Route 1 in Rowley, Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said shortly after 7 a.m. that the crash at the intersection of Route 1 south and Route 133 was causing delays.
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MassDOT spokesperson Jacquelyn Goddard provided an update just before 8 a.m., saying the crash involved serious injury.
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Rowley police said the crash occurred at 5:51 a.m. Preliminary investigation indicates that both vehicles were driving south on Route 1 when the tractor-trailer attempted to turn left onto Route 133, colliding with the motorcycle.
The motorcyclist, a 64-year-old Salisbury man, was taken by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital.
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The tractor-trailer driver, a 25-year-old Rowley man, was not injured.
The scene was cleared around 8:30 a.m., police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
