Man Dead After Motorcycle Crash In Simsbury: Police

SIMSBURY, CT — Local police are investigating a fatal motorcycle collision in which a male rider was killed after a crash with another vehicle in Simsbury Tuesday morning.

According to the Simsbury Police Department, the department received several 911 calls at about 6:04 a.m. Tuesday regarding a motor vehicle crash on Hartford Avenue (Route 189) and its intersection with Main Street in the Tariffville section of town.

Callers reported a two-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle, police said.

The SPD said responders immediately began treating the injured rider at the scene.

He was then taken to St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, "where he, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased," police said in a statement later on Tuesday morning.

The SPD did not identify the victim of the accident.

According to the State Department of Transportation, Route 89 was closed in that area due to an accident, but Simsbury police said late Tuesday morning that it has reopened.

This crash is the latest in a series of accidents involving motorcycles in the area.

West Hartford police are investigating two separate motorcycle collisions involving riders and other vehicles that happened on Sunday and Monday, with both riders being rushed to the hospital.

Meanwhile, a Farmington resident was killed in a motorcycle accident in New Hartford on Monday.

Simsbury police are investigating the accident this morning and anyone with information or who witnessed it is asked to call Simsbury Police Sgt. Laurel Harrington at 860-658-3112.

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