ID Released Of Motorcyclist Killed In Stamford Crash: Police

STAMFORD, CT — Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on High Ridge Road Friday evening as Julio Alexander Marconi-Cahueque, 23, of Stamford.

Police said Marconi-Cahueque was traveling southbound on a 2004 Yamaha motorcycle around 7:27 p.m., near the 150 block of High Ridge Road when he crossed the centerline of the roadway into the northbound lane and collided with the front end of a 2013 Honda Accord.

The collision threw Marconi-Cahueque off the motorcycle, which caught fire. A bystander stopped and tried to put out the flames, but they were ultimately extinguished by the Stamford Fire Department, police said.

Marconi-Cahuequewas pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Honda, a 63-year-old Stamford resident, did not report any injuries at the time of the crash, police said.

An investigation into the crash remains ongoing. Anyone who may have any further information is being asked to contact the Stamford Police Department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad at 203-977-4712.

This crash is being investigated by officers Cory Fisher and Kerilyn Whitehead.