LITCHFIELD — A 20-year-old man was taken by LifeFlight to Central Maine Medical Center following a motorcycle crash on Route 197 on Sunday afternoon.

Thomas Fallon of Litchfield was taken by helicopter from a landing site in Richmond to the Lewiston hospital following the single-vehicle crash that occurred shortly before 4 p.m. No information about Fallon’s condition was available Sunday night, according to a nursing supervisor at CMMC.

Trooper Jason Madore of the Maine State Police said that the crash occurred where Route 197 intersects with John Tarr and Dead River roads. Madore said that Fallon was eastbound on Route 197 when he came around a corner at an unsafe speed and lost control of his 2004 Yamaha motorcycle.

Madore said that Fallon was thrown from the motorcycle when it overturned.

“The operator was wearing a helmet, which is definitely what saved his life,” Madore said.

Madore said that the posted speed limit on that stretch of Route 197 in 45 mph. He added that drugs and alcohol were not considered factors in the crash, just speed. The accident remains under investigation.