Crime & Safety

1 Dead In Dual Motorcycle Crash On 495

A 29-year-old Wareham man is dead and another man, who left the scene but was later located, was injured.

WAREHAM, MA β€” An East Wareham man is dead after an early Wednesday morning motorcycle crash, State Police said Wednesday night.

Police responded shortly after midnight to a crash between two motorcycles on 495 North just prior to Exit 2 in Wareham. The two Endure-style motorcycles were traveling northbound when they collided.

Jordan Pina, 29, was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where he died. The operator of the second motorcycle fled after a Plymouth officer came upon the scene, police said. That operator, a 47-year-old Wareham man, was located and transported to Rhode Island Hospital for injuries he suffered in the crash.

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Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

It is the second fatal crash on 495 in the past few days.

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