Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:30pm

Holly S. Edwards

Scott Wiley, 40, of Appleton, and a 13-year-old passenger were thrown from Wiley's motorcycle around 8 a.m Thursday after a pickup truck turned in front of them on Sennebec Road. Wiley was flown by helicopter to Bangor; his passenger sustained minor injuries. (Courtesy Knox County Sheriff's Office)

The pickup truck that turned in front of the motorcycle this morning, causing it to crash, sits in the driveway it was turning into on Sennebec Road in Appleton. (Courtesy Knox County Sheriff's Office)

APPLETON — An Appleton man sustained serious injuries that necessitated him being transferred by helicopter to a Bangor hospital Thursday morning following a motorcycle accident on Sennebec Road.

Scott Wiley, 40, was traveling northeast on Sennebec Road in Appleton around 8 a.m. as a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling in the opposite direction, toward Wiley.

According to Knox County Sheriff's Lt. Kirk Guerette, the pickup truck, being driven by 48-year-old Herman Summers, turned left into a driveway and into the path of Wiley and his motorcycle.

The motorcycle struck the rear passenger side of the truck and Wiley and a 13-year-old passenger were thrown off.

Wiley and his passenger were taken to Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, where Wiley was then flown by a LifeFlight of Maine helicopter to Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Guerette, who is investigating the accident, the unidentified passenger suffered minor injuries and was treated at Pen Bay.

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