On Friday, July 3, 2026, at approximately 8:25 am., the Maine State Police responded to a fatal crash on Route 1 near the Washington Junction in Hancock.

The initial investigation indicates a motorcycle traveling westbound crossed into the eastbound lane and collided head-on with an eastbound pickup truck.  The motorccle operator, identified as Jim Hoyt, 44, of Sullivan, was pronounced deceased at the scene.  He was wearing a helmet.  The driver of the pickup truck sustaned minor injuries.  Route 1 was closed while Troopers investigated the crash and crews cleared the scene.

The investigation remains ongoing according to a press release issued by Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer, for the Maine Department of Public Safety, Augusta.