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Motorcyclist in ICU after East Hartford crash

The driver struck a car of a vehicle leaving the C-Town supermarket.
Credit: E.Machado/FOX61

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — East Hartford Police are investigating a motorcycle crash that happened Saturday afternoon, around 1 p.m. Police say officers were dispatched to the report of a motorcyclist down in the parking lot of C-Town Grocery Store, at 442 Main Street. 

The preliminary investigation revealed that the motorcyclist, an adult male, exited the driveway of 445 Main Street at a high rate of speed in an easterly direction. The motorcyclist lost control of his bike as he entered the southbound lane of Main Street and struck the rear driver's side quarter panel of a vehicle exiting the lot of C-Town. The operator and bike skidded at a high rate of speed into the front entrance area of the store where each struck a cement pole. 

Police say officers and East Hartford Fire Department personnel rendered aid on scene and the motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. Police have not identified the motorcyclist.

There were no other injuries, and the crash remains under investigation.

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