PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles motorcyclist remained in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle two days after he was hit by a car on state Highway 112.
Thomas Paxton, 51, was riding his 2008 Yamaha motorcycle east on state Highway 112 on Friday when a 1999 Saturn driven by Harold Heagy, 40, of Port Angeles hit him, State Patrol said.
A Harborview nursing supervisor said Paxton was in serious condition Sunday night.
Paxton was not breathing on his own when he was airlifted Friday night to Harborview from Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, and he had massive internal bleeding and serious head injuries and two broken wrists, State Patrol said.
Highway 112 was blocked in both directions for four hours and 45 minutes, the state Department of Transportation said.
The State Patrol gave this account of the wreck:
Heagy was traveling west on Highway 112 in a 1999 Saturn SL2 near Nordstrom Road, about nine miles west of Port Angeles, when the car crossed the centerline of the highway, striking Paxton’s 2008 Yamaha motorcycle head-on.
Paxton was wearing a helmet, and Heagy was wearing his seat belt at the time of the wreck.
Neither drugs nor alcohol were considered factors in the collision, State Patrol said.
Charges and citations are listed by the State Patrol as pending.
The State Patrol said both vehicles were destroyed.