FALMOUTH
A Richmond man has died following a motorcycle crash in Falmouth on Saturday after Maine State Police say the 21-year-old collided with a sports utility vehicle on Interstate 295.
The crash was reported shortly after noon near northbound mile 11 on I- 295. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said witnesses saw Alexander Small, 21, “on a Yamaha motorcycle operating erratically at a high rate of speed in and out of traffic. Small came upon a Honda Pilot operating in the travel lane. He was unable to slow down to avoid hitting the rear bumper. Small lost control and both he and the motorcycle struck the guardrail.”
Small was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland by ambulance and died shortly after arriving at the hospital, according to police.
The Honda Pilot was driven by Cary Phoenix, 40, and carried passengers Luke Rioux, 35, and two small children — all of Portland.
“There are no charges pending for Phoenix,” McCausland said. “Both evidence at the scene and witness statements appear to show Small’s operation as the cause of the crash.”
Trooper Andre Paradis is investigating the crash.
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