Motorcycle Operator Killed in Accident on Route 495

From the Massachusetts State Police:

On Sunday at 1:55 p.m. the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Foxboro received reports of a crash on Route 495 northbound in the town of Wrentham. The initial reports indicated the crash was between a passenger car and a motorcycle and that the operator of the motorcycle had sustained life threatening injuries.

Troopers from the Foxboro Barracks responded to the scene and determined the operator of the motorcycle to be deceased at the scene. The operator of the passenger car was not injured.

Troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Crimes Scene Service Section, Troop H investigators and troopers assigned to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office along with the Wrentham Fire Department and EMS all responded to the scene to assist in the investigation.

The right travel lane and the breakdown lane of Route 495 northbound in the area of Exit 15 were closed for two and half hours as the crash was investigated.

The vehicles involved in this crash are identified as a 1999 YZFR1 motorcycle, and a 2001 Buick Sedan.

The names of the parties involved in this crash are not being released pending the notification of next of kin and the completion of the investigation.

All lanes of Route 495 northbound are open at this time.

There is no other information available at this time.