Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In Crash In Stamford: Police

STAMFORD, CT — A 23-year-old Stamford resident was killed Friday night after police said the motorcycle the person was driving crashed into an oncoming car on High Ridge Road. Police are withholding the identification of the motorcyclist pending the notification of next of kin.

A preliminary investigation showed that at approximately 7:27 p.m., in the 150 block of High Ridge Road, a 2004 Yamaha motorcycle was driving southbound when it crossed the centerline of the roadway, into the northbound lane, and collided with the front end of a 2013 Honda Accord that was heading north, police said in a news release early Saturday morning.

The impact caused the driver to be thrown off the motorcycle and off the road, police said, adding that the motorcycle then caught fire.

Police said a bystander driving by after the collision tried to extinguish the fire, but the flames were ultimately put out by the Stamford Fire Department.

The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The driver of the Honda, a 63 year-old Stamford resident, did not report any injuries at the time of the crash.

A section of High Ridge Road between Interlaken Road and Bird Song Lane was closed for several hours Friday into Saturday.

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.