A motorcyclist from South Kingstown died after a crash Thursday afternoon on the Jamestown Bridge, according to the Rhode Island State Police.
He was identified as Jonathan W. Hopkins, age 34.
Hopkins had been traveling east “a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic” when the motorcycle he was operating hit the back of a Ford Transit van in the right travel lane, the police said in a press release.
Hopkins was taken to Newport Hospital , where he was pronounced dead, the police said.
The operator of the van, a 51-year-old New Bedford resident, and a passenger, age 48, were not injured, the police said.
The crash, which happened around 3:30 p.m., closed some travel lanes. All were reopened shortly after 5 p.m., the state police said.
There are no criminal charges or moving violations for the operator of the Ford Transit van pending at this time, the police said.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: South Kingstown motorcyclist, 34, dies in crash on Jamestown Bridge