West Warwick Man Killed In Cranston Motorcycle Crash: Cops

CRANSTON, RI — A West Warwick man was killed when he crashed a motorcycle into a utility pole in Cranston, police said.

Kou Lee, 44, was operating a 2025 Harley-Davidson
Sportster Revolution Max motorcycle on Niantic Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m. when he "failed to negotiate a left-hand curve, striking the curb before colliding with a utility pole near the entrance to the Lang's Bowlarama parking lot," the Cranston Police Department said in a media release.

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"The motorcycle then continued riderless before tumbling and
coming to rest in the parking lot of Graybar," according to the release.

"Mr. Lee, who was wearing a helmet, was ejected from the motorcycle during the crash," the release said.

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Lee was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 9:45 p.m., according to the release.

Lee was traveling "at a high rate of speed" at the time of the fatal wreck, according to the release.

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"The crash scene was processed by the Cranston Police Traffic Unit with assistance from the Department's Bureau of Criminal Identification," the release said. }Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage from nearby businesses and examining whether speed, impairment, or other contributing factors played a role in the crash."

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Police asked any witnesses to contact the department at 401-942-2211.

"Anonymous tips can be submitted by texting the keyword
CRANSTONPD to 847411," the release said.

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