By REBECCA EVERETT
@GazetteRebecca
Daily Hampshire Gazette
SPRINGFIELD — The 66-year-old motorcyclist injured in an accident in Easthampton on Wednesday was listed in serious condition at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield Thursday, according to a hospital spokesman.
Easthampton Police Capt. Robert Alberti said John Surgen, of 39 Rattle Hill Road, was driving the motorcycle that was involved in a collision with a car on Route 10 near Lyman Street just after 4 p.m.
The car was driven by Mary Lauffer of Easthampton, Alberti said. She was treated and released from Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton following the accident, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
First Assistant Northwestern District Attorney Steven E. Gagne said Wednesday that the motorcyclist had significant injuries to his legs and ribs but was able to talk at the hospital. Gagne said the motorcycle was in the other car’s lane when the accident occurred.
The cause of the accident is under investigation by officer Edward Murray, the department’s accident reconstruction specialist, Alberti said.
A witness told the Gazette Wednesday that the car had pulled onto Route 10 from Lyman Street heading south before the collision with the northbound motorcycle.
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