A 34-year-old man died early Friday after his motorcycle crashed on Lee Burbank Highway in Revere, near Suffolk Downs, shutting down part of the busy roadway for hours while investigators worked the scene. Police said he was pronounced dead where he crashed.
Revere police responded to the crash on Lee Burbank Highway around 12:50 a.m., according to NBC Boston, which reported that the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office identified the victim only as a 34-year-old man. The station added that no other details were immediately available as of Friday morning. Boston 25 News reported that officers responded shortly before 1 a.m. and that police are still investigating what led up to the crash.
The crash happened in the area of 251 Lee Burbank Highway, also known as Route 1A, according to WCVB, which reported that the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene and that his name had not been released. The outlet’s report did not include further details about how the crash unfolded.
SUV Found Roped Off Near the Scene
WHDH reported that the crash shut down part of Route 1A near Suffolk Downs and involved an SUV and a motorcycle, though the station’s account did not specify how the two vehicles came together. A Boston 25 News photographer’s video showed a Honda Pilot SUV cordoned off with yellow tape, along with what appeared to be a motorcycle near a guardrail, and the station reported that investigators shut down a stretch of the roadway while they worked the scene…