A 49-year-old Waterbury man was killed in a motorcycle crash in New Haven late Friday night.
State police said one motorcycle hit the back of another on Route 34 West near South Orange Street around 11:09 p.m.
According to the preliminary investigation, Noel Gonzalez, 49 of Waterbury, was driving a 2011 Can-Am Spyder and hit the back of a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R as they approached the intersection, state police said.
Both motorcyclists were thrown from their vehicles, slid across the pavement and hit a raised traffic island, police said.
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They were both taken to Yale New Haven Hospital.
Gonzalez later died from the injuries, police said. The other motorcyclist’s injuries were not life-threatening.
Two traffic lights were damaged in the crash.
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The Connecticut State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad is assisting in the investigation.
Witnesses are asked to call Troop G in Bridgeport at (203) 696-2500.
