UPDATE: Victim ID'ed in Route 44 Motorcycle Crash in Mansfield

Updated 6:46 p.m.:

State police say it was a 53-year-old man who was thrown from his motorcycle when he struck a guardrail on Route 44 Thursday morning, prompting a closure of the road.

Gregory Messler, 53, whose hometown was not immediately available, was thrown from the motorcycle shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Route 44 at Old Turnpike Toad, according to The Courant.

The Courant reports he was airlifted by a Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital, with what police described as minor injuries.

The Courant story can be found here.

Original story: 10 a.m.

A motorcycle crash temporarily closed Route 44 at Old Turnpike Road in Mansfield Thursday morning, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

The crash was reported shortly before 7 a.m.

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State police tell WFSB the road reopened before 8:30 a.m. No word on injuries or what caused the crash.

Read the WFSB story here.