Man Taken to Hospital in Helicopter After Serious Motorcycle Crash

Two motorcycle riders were injured - one seriously - after a crash on Bay Road on Friday evening.

The man who was driving the motorcycle was taken away from the crash in an Lyons Ambulance, where he was taken away in a Boston MedFlight helicopter from Beverly Hospital. The female on the back of the motorcycle was less seriously injured and was taken by ambulance to Beverly Hospital.

The driver of the black Audi convertible involved in the crash, a female, was not injured, said Hamilton Police Sgt. Stephen Trepanier, who is investigating the crash.

It happened at about 5:30 p.m. at a corner in the road near the intersection with Moulton Street.

The motorcycle was headed south and the Audi was driving north at the time of the crash. Skid marks from the motorcycle could be seen leading from the southbound lane, across the yellow line and into the northbound lane. The motorcycle crashed into the passenger side corner of the Audi's hood. The windshield was aslo smashed and the car's airbag went off. The motorcycle was down on the side of the road after the crash.

A neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said he heard the crash and ran out to see the crash. He called 911.

The neighbor said the corner has been the scene of at least four serious crashes in the past seven years that he has lived there, including a crash in November 2011 when a Hamilton man rolled his car and snapped an utility pole.