AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A motorcyclist was killed and his passenger seriously injured in a crash with a vehicle in Augusta on Saturday night, police said.

The crash happened as the driver of a sports utility vehicle was making a left turn off of Civic Center Drive onto Old Belgrade Road, police said, according to the Kennebec Journal. The motorcyclist, a 58-year-old man from Oakland, was traveling the other direction on Civic Center Drive, police said.

The motorcyclist died and his passenger, a 51-year-old woman, was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland in serious but stable condition, police said.

The driver and passenger of the vehicle were not injured.

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