State Police Investigate Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Route 128 North in Peabody

Today at approximately 6:50 p.m., troopers assigned to the Danvers Barracks responded to a serious motorcycle crash on Route 128 North in Peabody that resulted in one fatality.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Robert Noonan indicates that a 1989 Honda motorcycle operated by 59 year-old David L. Allen of Gloucester, was traveling in the right travel lane on Route 128 North, just prior to Route 1 in Peabody when he lost control and crashed in the breakdown lane, striking the guardrail. Allen sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash and was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.

This crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State Police Crime Scene Services Section and the Essex County District Attorney's Office. The Lynnfield Police and Fire Departments, Peabody Fire Department and the Massachusetts Medical Examiner's Office assisted troopers at the scene.

During the crash investigation and vehicle removal the right travel lane of Route 128 North was closed for approximately 1.5 hours .

No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barracks directly.

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