OCEAN CITY — By most accounts, OC BikeFest was a rousing success with big crowds, heavy traffic, perfect weather and great concerts, but the event did include two motorcycle-related fatalities.
Around 6:20 p.m. last Friday, Maryland State Police troopers from the Berlin barrack were dispatched to the area of Routes 113 and 589 for a reported motorcycle collision. A 911 call reported a motorcycle, for unknown reasons, left the roadway and entered the center median, where it struck a guardrail. First-responders were dispatched to assist with the scene. The lone operator, later identified as Jeffrey Scott LeBlanc, 45, of Laurel, Del., was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Both directions of Route 113 in the area where closed for several hours due to the collision. The investigation was still underway by the MSP early this week. Anyone with information is urged to contact the MSP Berlin barrack. MSP troopers were assisted at the scene by the Showell Fire and EMS departments, Ocean Pines EMS and the Maryland State Highway Administration.
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Maryland State Police troopers from the Berlin barrack responded to a reported motor vehicle collision involving two motorcycles at the intersection of Routes 50 and 610. The preliminary investigation revealed a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle, driven by Brian Riley, 47, of Altoona, Pa., crashed into a 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle, which had a male driver and a female passenger.
The passenger on Riley’s motorcycle, identified as Lorrie Bouymaster, 49 of Altoona, was transported by Maryland State Police (MSP) helicopter to Shock Trauma in Baltimore where she was declared deceased. The male driver from the second motorcycle involved in the collision was transported to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Medical Center, while his female passenger was transported to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. for treatment of injuries. The conditions of those patients have not been made public.