Two cyclists crash, one in critical condition

EAST LACKAWANNOCK TOWNSHIP — A Titusville motorcyclist is in critical condition in a Pittsburgh hospital after a crash at about 10:45 p.m. Saturday in East Lackawannock Township.

Brian A. Sanford, 43, was driving west on state Route 318 in front of another motorcycle driven by Jason K. Sanford, 44, Erie. Police did not say whether the Sanfords were related.

Brian Sanford lost control of his motorcycle going around a sharp curve. His bike dropped to its side and slid across the road. During the slide, Jason Sanford’s bike hit Brian Sanford’s and both bikes went off the road and into a ditch.

Brian Sanford is in critical condition in UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, said a spokeswoman.

Police said Jason Sanford was taken to Grove City Medical Center, Pine Township, with minor injuries, but a spokeswoman there said no one is in the hospital by Jason Sanford’s name.

Both Sanfords were wearing their helmets, police said.

Witnesses, victim mum in attack outside bar

FARRELL — A 29-year-old Farrell man has a broken leg after he was jumped by a group of people at about 2 a.m. Saturday outside Roemer’s Bar in Farrell.

Southwest Mercer County Regional Police said Brian Edmonds of 426 S. Oakland Ave., was lying on the sidewalk in front of the bar at 204 Roemer Blvd.

Edmonds told police he was jumped, but wouldn’t say who did it. Others who were at the scene also wouldn’t tell police what happened.

“The investigation … will depend on the cooperation from the victim or others,” Southwest Chief Riley Smoot said in a news release.

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