Updated: Cranberry Highway in Wareham closed after fatal motorcycle crash



WAREHAM – A section of Cranberry Highway (Route 28) west of I-195 was closed after a fatal motorcycle crash about 5 PM Thursday. Reports say a victim suffered potentially life-threatening injuries.

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s office reported that a motorcycle operated by Matthew Burns, 49, of South Attleboro, who was riding with a group of motorcyclists, according to witnesses, lost control and veered into the path of a small Mercedes SUV. Burns was pronounced dead at the scene. The Mercedes driver was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Photos by David Curran/Satellite News Service/CWN



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