Motorcycle crash

A survivor of a crash that killed seven fellow members of a Marine motorcycle club acknowledged Wednesday that the lead rider had an unsafe blood alcohol level but denied that the club president swerved into the path of the oncoming truck. Josh Morin was the final witness for the prosecution, which has rested in the trial of Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, the…

A 27-year-old New Hampshire man died Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a Jeep in front of a convenience store in Fitzwilliam. New Hampshire State Police identified the motorcyclist as Alexander Barbur, of Troy, NH. State troopers and Fitzwilliam police officers responded to Route 12, in front of the Bottoms Up Discount Beverage, for a reported fatal motor vehicle…

A motorcycle crashed while racing a car Friday night in Malden, Massachusetts, killing the vehicle’s driver, police said. The motorcycle hit a guardrail on the Fellsway at Charles Street about 8:38 p.m., according to the Massachusetts State Police. The driver, Kyle Roust, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The 21-year-old from Tewksbury was later pronounced dead, police...

The last rider in a group of Marine motorcycle club members testified Wednesday that he saw a “ball of flame” and then a truck “plowing through motorcycles like a bowling ball” in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven bikers. Michael McEachern testified in the trial of the truck driver, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy. He said he saw the westbound truck,...

The trial for a commercial truck driver charged with causing the deaths in 2019 of seven members of a Marine motorcycle club opened Tuesday, more than three years after the crash in northern New Hampshire. Jurors visited the crash scene Monday and traced Volodymyr Zhukovskyy’s route from an auto dealership in Gorham along U.S. Route 2 to the crash site in...

The driver of a motorcycle has died after crashing in Exeter Tuesday night, according to the Rhode Island State Police.

The crash took place about 3:15 p.m. on Eastern Avenue near Bellingham Street, police said.

A motorcycle crashed into an SUV in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Saturday, leaving the driver with life-threatening injuries, police said. The Chelsea Police Department said the driver of the motorcycle was rushed to the hospital and was in critical condition. The crash took place about 3:15 p.m. on Eastern Avenue near Bellingham Street, police said. State police were assisting with the…

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike Monday night, according to officials. The single-vehicle crash occurred in Boston’s Allston neighborhood, near the area of Boston University around 10:30 p.m., Massachusetts State Police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Mark Ganong, 54, of Waltham, was driving a Harley Davidson eastbound on Interstate 90 when he lost control…

A person died Friday night after a motorcycle and car collided in Dighton, Massachusetts, authorities announced. The Dighton police and fire departments were called to the intersection of Main and Elm streets shortly after 8 p.m. for a report of a crash. According to Dighton police, the motorcyclist died of their injuries. A person in the other vehicle was taken…

Prosecutors say a Westerly, Rhode Island man accused of driving into a group of motorcycles in Massachusetts, injuring nine people, should not have been driving and had his license previously suspended. Ryan O’Farrell, 32, faces multiple charges after a crash on Route 10 in Northfield, Massachusetts on Sunday. Prosecutors allege that O’Farrell, whose license was previously suspended in Connecticut, drove…

A person died on Memorial Day in a motor vehicle crash involving a motorcycle in Eastham, Massachusetts, police announced. The Eastham police and fire departments responded to the crash around 2:40 p.m. Monday in the area of Massasoit Road at Edgewood Road. The motorcycle was off the side of the road and the operator was on the ground nearby, police…

Eight people were seriously injured Sunday when a man who was allegedly driving high veered into a group of motorcycles in western Massachusetts, authorities announced. Ryan O’Farrell, 32, of Westerly, Rhode Island, was arrested on scene with two kids in his car following the crash in the area of 272 Main Street in Northfield, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s…

A motorcyclist has died in a collision with a tractor in Sheldon, Vermont State Police said. Rodney Hall, 71, of Milton, was driving a motorcycle on Route 105 Friday afternoon when a tractor towing a piece of farm equipment apparently pulled into the road in front of him, police said. The operator of the tractor was taken to the state…

A Peabody man is dead after crashing a motorcycle Wednesday on Interstate 95 in Newbury, Massachusetts. State police responded to the crash around 6:15 p.m. on the southbound side of the highway. When emergency crews arrived, they found 53-year-old Yanni Stasinos seriously injured. They attempted to save him, but he died from his injuries at the scene, police said. No…

A Massachusetts man severely injured in a 2019 crash in New Hampshire that killed seven members of his motorcycle club has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles for allegedly failing to suspend the driver’s license of the man charged in connection with the crash. Joshua Morin, of Dalton, alleges in his lawsuit filed last week in…

A motorcyclist has died following a crash on Route 2 in Athol, Massachusetts Wednesday, state police confirmed. The driver, a 25-year-old male from Athol, was traveling eastbound in Athol when he crashed his motorcycle, according to Massachusetts State Police, who responded to the scene around 4 p.m. The man was identified Thursday as Curtis Byner, state police announced. Following the…

A 34-year-old New Hampshire man died Sunday night when the motorcycle he was driving collided with an SUV in Manchester, police said. Manchester police officers responded to crash just after 7 p.m. at the intersection of Maple and Pearl streets and discovered the motorcycle operator had suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision. He was taken to the Elliott Hospital where…

A motorcyclist died Saturday in a crash in Unity, New Hampshire, state police announced. Troopers were called to 2nd NH Turnpike just before 5 p.m. where a person had sustained serious injuries in a crash. The motorcycle operator died on scene, state police said. He was identified Sunday as John Wittemann, 50, of Claremont. According to a preliminary investigation, the…

One person was killed in a motorcycle crash on Soldiers Field Road in Boston on Sunday afternoon. Massachusetts State Police said the crash occurred on Soldiers Field Road westbound at the North Arsenal Street off ramp. The road is currently closed on the westbound side at the off ramp. No further information was immediately available.