AUBURN – Police are searching for witnesses to a motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a New Gloucester man last month.

Kenard Griffin, 47, suffered head and other injuries when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a truck July 23 on Washington Street.

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. He died a day later.

The crash is still being investigated. Police believe other motorists may have witnessed the wreck. Investigators are asking anyone with information about the crash to call Auburn police Officer Norm Bilodeau at 784-7332