A motorcycle rider died in a crash on I-95 in Darien on Tuesday. According to CT State Police the driver of the motorcycle, a Triumph Rocket 3 GT, was Alexander Adrian Rivera, 56, from Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.
According to a release from CT State Police, at 6:49am Troop G received a 911 report of a collision involving a motorcycle on I-95 Northbound in the area of the Northbound Darien Rest Area.
During the on-scene investigation, evidence was located which indicated the motorcycle was struck by a brown 2022-2026 Toyota Tundra pickup truck that evaded the scene.
Preliminary investigation revealed the pickup truck collided with the motorcycle in the right travel lane just before the exit ramp leading into the Northbound Darien Rest Area.
After impact, the motorcycle departed the travel lanes to the right and traveled through the gore of the exit ramp and into the rest area’s grassy median and Rivera was separated from the motorcycle. Rivera subsequently struck the base of a highway plaza sign, sustaining fatal injuries. He was pronounced deceased at the collision scene, and a next of kin death notification was made.
The Darien Fire Department, Darien Emergency Medical Services, and the Department of Transportation were notified and responded to the scene to assist with rendering aid and traffic control. The State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad, Western District Major Crimes, Public Information Office, and Intelligence and Operations Unit were notified and assisted with the investigation.
The case remains actively under investigation, and any witnesses to the collision or those with knowledge of the evading vehicle are requested to contact the primary investigator, Trooper Daniel Sottini #361, at [email protected], or Troop G at 203-696-2500.