Searsport, ME: Two hurt in Searsport motorcycle crash on Tuesday, July 28th 2015

A Massachusetts couple were injured Tuesday morning after the motorcycle they were riding sustained a blown rear tire, causing them to crash on U.S. Route 1.The accident happened at 9:55 a.m., said Searsport Police Chief Dick LaHaye, just after Wayne and Mary Connolly of Lowell, Massachusetts, had crossed into Searsport from Belfast. The speed limit there is 55 mph, LaHaye said, adding that he believes they were traveling slower than the limit because their injuries were not more severe. Also, both were wearing helmets, he said.Wayne Connolly, 58, suffered broken ribs and a broken collarbone, and his wife, Mary, 54, broke her ankle. Both also suffered abrasions in the accident, which reduced traffic on the busy coastal thoroughfare to just one lane for nearly an hour.A crew from Searsport Ambulance brought the couple to Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast to be treated for their injuries, LaHaye said. Searsport fire and Belfast police also assisted at the scene.

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Two hurt in Searsport motorcycle crash