Windsor Man Killed in Crash on Route 20 in East Granby

A 24-year-old Windsor man was killed when his motorcycle and a car collided on Route 20 in East Granby on Tuesday evening.

State police identified the motorcyclist as Joseph Peter Sandamena and said he was on a Yamaha, going east on Route 20, or Rainbow Road, and the other driver had just left a gas station and was heading west when the crash happened around 4:30 p.m.

Sandamena was thrown from his motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to state police.

The other driver, 61-year-old Robert Earl Mcarthur, of Harwinton, was taken to Saint Francis Hospital to be treated for minor injuries, state police said.

Police are investigating the crash and ask anyone with information to call 860-534-1000.

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