Traffic & Transit
Victim ID'd In New Haven Motorcycle Crash
A man is dead following a motorcycle accident in New Haven Sunday night.
NEW HAVEN, CT — A 23-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday, according to police. Gerver Sinay-Sacrapal died in the crash involving a motorcycle and a parked car at Quinnipiac and Essex streets at 6:22 p.m.
Police said in a statement that Sinay-Sacrapal was driving a Kawasaki EX400 motorcycle and traveling southbound on Quinnipiac Avenue near Essex Street. He attempted to pass a vehicle and lost control of the motorcycle.
He then struck an unoccupied parked car and was ejected from the motorcycle on impact.
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An ambulance transported him to Yale New Haven Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
Anyone with information on the crash should call New Haven police at 203-946-6316.
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