Police: Gardner motorcyclist Megan Bower killed in Winchendon crash

WINCHENDON — A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a pickup Wednesday morning on Gardner Road.

Megan Anne Bower, 28, of Gardner, was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center – University Campus in Worcester by LifeFlight helicopter.

She later died from her injuries, according to Winchendon police.

The crash, which occurred about 11 a.m. near the Irving gas station, remains under investigation by Winchendon and state police.

Bower was driving a 2022 Honda motorcycle that collided with a 2002 Toyota Tundra driven by a Winchendon man, police said. The pickup driver was not injured, police said.

It is the second fatal crash in Winchendon in a week.

David Alan Rivers died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Baldwinville State Road on Sept. 14, according to Winchendon police.

Rivers, 51, was driving a Dodge Caravan that collided head-on with a Dodge Challenger driven by a 51-year-old Winchendon man.

Both drivers were transported by helicopter to UMass Memorial Medical Center.

The driver of the Challenger was treated for injuries, police said. Neither vehicle had a passenger.

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