Officers responded to Middlesex Turnpike at the intersection of Blue Sky Drive around 12:50 p.m. for a reported crash and found a motorcycle and a sedan upon arrival, according to a joint news release from the Burlington Police Department and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. The operator of the motorcycle, from Billerica, was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries, officials said. His name has not yet been released pending family notification. The driver of the sedan, identified only as a 29-year-old woman from Florida, was taken to a local hospital as a precaution. Video from the scene showed a damaged red Honda CBR on its side, with pieces strewn on the road and near the grass, and a blue Honda FIT with Florida license plates. A small crowd of about a dozen people had gathered at the scene and sat on the grass behind yellow police tape as officers conducted crash analysis and reconstruction. Police have not said what may have led to the fatal collision. No other details were immediately available. The crash is under investigation by Burlington police, Massachusetts State Police and the district attorney’s office.
