Elderly Ossipee motorcyclist hurt in Milton Road crash

First responders tend to an Ossipee man hurt when his motorcycle crashed on Milton Road on Wednesday. (Lebanon Voice photos)

ROCHESTER - An elderly Ossipee motorcyclist was injured Wednesday afternoon when his bike struck a rock, went airborne and landed on its front end catapulting him over the windshield and onto the ground.

The accident occurred around 2:20 p.m. near the entrance to the Milton Road Shell.

An ATVer who was waiting to cross Milton Road about 200 feet south of the crash site said he watched in horror as the motorcyclist appeared to turn left into the Shell in the path of an oncoming car headed toward Rochester.

As the woman driving the southbound car slammed on her brakes, the operator of the motorcycle seemed to try taking a harder left to enter a grassy area lined with large rocks at the road's edge, the ATVer told The Lebanon Voice.

Unfortunately, the 86-year-old man struck one of the rocks, sending the 2011 Harley Davidson Road King into the air.

First responders tend to an Ossipee man hurt when his motorcycle crashed on Milton Road on Wednesday. (Lebanon Voice photos)

"It landed on its nose end and sent him flying," the ATVer, who didn't want to have his name in the newspaper, said.

When he landed the man struck his head on another rock. Luckily, he was wearing a helmet.

The operator of the Harley, Roger Scott of Ossipee, lay on the ground for about 20 minutes as Frisbie medical personnel tended to him, preparing him gingerly for transport onto a backboard and then a gurney before getting him into an ambulance for transport to Frisbie Memorial Hospital.

The ATVer said he was the first on scene to tend to the man, assisting him in removing his helmet as he lay on the grass.

The vehicle driven southbound by the woman never came in contact with the motorcycle, Rochester Police Capt. Jason Thomas said.

The extent of Scott's injuries were unknown on Wednesday, but he did appear to be conscious and talking with medical personnel, one time raising an arm per instructions from a first responder. He was later released from the hospital, a hospital spokesperson said today.

The ATVer also said as he was waiting to initially cross the road that a large line of traffic was following Scott, indicating to him that he may have been riding unusually slowly.

Both lanes remained open during the incident and the ambulance left for Frisbie around 2:45 p.m.

The Harley, itself, seemed to have sustained only minor damage, losing its windshield, which lay on the ground; and bending a fender or two. It was driven up on the tow truck under its own power.