A crash Wednesday night in Newburyport, Massachusetts, left one person dead and other people hurt, according to state police.
Troopers began getting reports of the crash around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, and responded to Interstate 95 North near mile marker 85.
Investigators believe a chain reaction crash was set off when two vehicles nearly collided. One of those vehicles swerved into a Yamaha motorcycle, causing the bike to flip onto its side and sending the rider onto the road.
At least three other vehicles -- including a Subaru, Ford Escape and Chevy Colorado -- could not avoid the crash scene and hit either the rider, the motorcycle, or both. Those drivers all stayed at the scene.
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The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said. He was identified Thursday as 21-year-old Daniel Mena, of Lynn. The other drivers sustained non-life threatening injures, police added.
Police have not identified the first two cars that apparently set off the crash.
State police also said their investigation revealed the license plate on the Yamaha belonged to a different motorcycle.
An investigation is ongoing.
