GREENE – A Lewiston man was thrown from his motorcycle Sunday afternoon after his bike hit a mattress on the road.
The man, Richard Breton, 38, of Lewiston, was returning home from a motorcycle ride about 2 p.m. when he crashed on Route 202 just across the town line in Greene.
Breton struck a mattress that had fallen from a truck driving out of Lewiston on Route 202. The truck was carrying the mattress from Marden’s Surplus store, where it had been purchased earlier that day.
Breton wasn’t seriously hurt, though he was taken to Central Maine Medical Center for tests. “I just got some scratches and bruises,” he said. He was later released.
Breton, a father, had asked his son Jake to accompany him on the motorcycle ride. “He wanted to stay in the pool,” the senior Breton said. Later, Breton was thankful to escape injury and more thankful that his 10-year-old son declined his offer.
“All in all,” said Breton, “Father’s Day wasn’t too bad.”
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