On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at approximately 6:47 pm., Troopers responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in the median of I 295 northbound near mile market 18 in Freeport.  The initial investigation indicates that Edmund Goodman, 78, of Freeport was operating a 2016 Indian Springfield motorcycle northbound when he left the roadway to the left and traveled onto the grass-covered shoulder, where the motorcycle struck the raised edge of a crossover.  The impact caused the motorcycle to overturn multiple times, ejecting Goodman.  Several medically trained motorists who were passing by immediately stopped and rendered aid.  However, Goodman died at the scene from injuries he sustained in the crash.

Investigators believe Goodman likely suffered a medical event moments before leaving the roadway.  The crash involved on Goodman’smotorcycle.

The left northbound travel lane was closed for several hours while Troopers investigated the crash and crews cleared the scene according to a press release issued by Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer, for the Maine Department of Public Safety, Augusta.