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A Scarborough police officer riding a department motorcycle was injured Friday when he rear-ended a pickup truck on Route 1.

Officer Michael Beeler was driving on Route 1 near Anjon’s restaurant around 10:30 a.m. when he hit a Ford pickup truck that had stopped to make a left turn, Detective Sgt. Rick Rouse said.

Beeler was taken to a Portland hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries that include a broken wrist and concussion. The occupants of the truck were not injured, Rouse said.

Route 1 was closed for about three hours while officers investigated the crash.

Gillian Graham reports on social services for the Portland Press Herald, covering topics including child welfare, homelessness, food insecurity, poverty and mental health. A lifelong Mainer and graduate...