Fatal Motorcycle Crash Being Investigated in Suffield [UPDATED]

SUFFIELD, CT — A fatal crash involving a motorcyclist whose remains were discovered in a Warnertown Road tobacco field Thursday afternoon may have actually taken place several days ago, police reported.

Around 1:30 p.m., police received a report that a motorcycle had been found in a tobacco field in the area of 399 Warnertown Road. Responding officers subsequently located a deceased person in the same field a short distance away from the motorcycle. The victim was presumed dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel of the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance EMS, Capt. Christopher McKee said.

Preliminary investigation and physical evidence suggests that the motorcycle left the traveled portion of the roadway at a point just north of the tobacco field. The scene further suggests that the crash occurred several days prior to the body being found, McKee said.

Warnertown Road was closed for more than six hours while the regional North Central Municipal Police Accident Reconstruction Squad investigated the crash. The road was re-opened around 8 p.m., McKee said.

Police have not released the name of the deceased person, pending notification of next of kin, McKee said.

Photo courtesy of Suffield Police Department

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