LEWISTON – A New Gloucester man died Saturday from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash in Auburn Friday.

Kenard Griffin, 47, suffered head and other injuries when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a truck Friday afternoon.

Griffin was riding his bike south on Washington Street at 4:30 p.m. when a pickup truck slowed to turn in front of him, police said. As that truck turned right onto Poland Spring Road, Griffin drove around it in the southbound passing lane.

At the same time, a northbound utility truck driven by James Brown, 32, of Clinton, was turning left onto Poland Spring Road.

Investigators said Brown drove into the path of Griffin’s motorcycle.

Griffin’s Kawasaki LTD 440 struck the side of Brown’s truck. Griffin was thrown about 15 feet from his bike.

Police said Griffin was wearing a helmet when he crashed, but he suffered severe head injuries. When the crash was first reported, Griffin was said to be breathing but suffering a seizure. Minutes later, rescue crews were told that he had stopped breathing.

He was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, where he was treated in the intensive care unit.

He died during the day Saturday.

Griffin lived on Durham Road in New Gloucester.