UPDATE: State Police identify Wareham motorcycle crash victim

Aug 28, 2017

State Police are investigating a motorcycle crash that left 24-year-old Matthew Perry of West Warwick, Rhode Island dead on Aug. 27.

According to police, the crash occurred at approximately 9:10 p.m. on the ramp from Route 195 eastbound to Route 495 north. Preliminary investigation by Trooper Austin Dooley indicates that a man was traveling on the ramp on a 2017 Suzuki GSX-R1000 when, for reasons still unclear, his motorcycle struck the left side guardrail, throwing him from the motorcycle and into the roadway.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of this crash remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section.  State Police were assisted on scene by Wareham EMS, Wareham Police and MassDOT.

State Police said additional information is not available at this time.