Two motorcyclists were seriously hurt in a crash Saturday in Indiana County, not far from the Westmoreland County border.

State police said Bruce P. Kunkle, 59, of Saltsburg and Joseph Ross, 60, of New Alexandria were traveling north on Route 286 in Conemaugh Township at 1 p.m. when Kunkle’s hat flew off. He started slowing down to turn around to retrieve it and Ross wasn’t able to react quickly enough, troopers said.

The two Harley-Davidson motorcycles collided.

Both men were seriously hurt and taken to AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, police said. The crash happened near the road’s intersection with Sportsman Road between Saltsburg and Clarksburg.

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