ALTON — A motorcycle accident sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries on Sunday, and firefighters kept busy with a brush fire that same day, suspected to have started following a lightning strike days earlier.

According to Fire Chief James Reinert, at 12:44 p.m. on Aug. 31, firefighters were called to 1 Monument Square in downtown Alton for a collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle.

According to an Alton Police Department report, an investigation found a Mazda 6 sedan operated by Jolie Wolff, 23, of Rochester, was traveling westbound on Main Street and attempted to turn left onto Church Street. A Harley-Davidson driven by Michael Langley, 21, of Gilmanton, was traveling east on Main, and collided with the front right corner of the Mazda in the eastbound lane.

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