Crime & Safety
24-Year-Old Fatally Thrown From Motorcycle On 495 Ramp
A Rhode Island man was thrown off his motorcycle in Wareham.

WAREHAM, MA — A 24-year-old Rhode Island man died Sunday night when he was thrown from his motorcycle getting on Route 495 in Wareham, police said. The victim was identified Monday morning as Matthew Perry of West Warwick.
State Police said that at about 9:10 p.m. a man riding a 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000 was on the ramp from Route 195 to 495 North. For reasons still under investigation, the motorcycle struck the left guardrail, throwing Perry onto the road.
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