Reports from the Massachusetts State Police indicate that shortly before 10 p.m. last night, 29-year-old Ryan Levangie of Onset lost control of his motorcycle while traveling on Rt. 140 North and crashed into the tree line. Levangie was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation by the Dartmouth Barracks of the Massachusetts State Police.

The scene was handled by units from the Dartmouth Barracks, the State Police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Services Section, the State Police Troop D Community Action Team, the New Bedford Police Department, the New Bedford Fire & EMS department, and the State Medical Examiner's Office.