New Bedford Man Killed in Fall River Motorcycle Crash
FALL RIVER (WBSM) — A New Bedford man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Fall River on Tuesday night.
According to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III, the crash occurred just after 10 p.m. on October 7 on Route 24 at Exit 2 in Fall River.
Massachusetts State Police and state police detectives assigned to the D.A.’s Office responded to the single-motorcycle crash, and found the operator lying on the grass near a highway crash barrier. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased a short time later.
He has been identified as Scott Langlois, 51, of New Bedford.
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His motorcycle was found in the median of the off-ramp. The D.A.’s Office said the crash does not appear to be suspicious.
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