One motorcyclist was sent to Baystate Medical Center with serious injuries, police said.
An update was posted to this story at 10:03 p.m. Wednesday.
SPRINGFIELD – Boston Road is blocked off in both directions while police clean up from a serious motorcycle accident in the vicinity of 590 Boston Road.
Traffic is being detoured onto side streets.
One motorcyclist was sent to Baystate Medical Center with serious injuries, police said. His condition is not yet known.
The accident left debris scattered across the road.
Sgt. Neal Maloney said the bike was apparently traveling east at a high rate of speed when it lost control rounding a curve. It clipped the front end of a car heading west.
The motorcycle skidding another 100 feet or so and landed on the front door step of Dezi's Jewelry exhcange and pawn shop, Maloney said. The impact with the car ripped the right front bumper off the car.
The accident remains under investigation.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of the accident: