Police, DOT urge caution on the roads after fatal motorcycle crashes NBC Connecticut [Video]

In less than 24 hours, there were three serious motorcycle crashes on Connecticut roads that resulted in two fatalities.

In New Hartford on Monday around 5 p.m. state police said 31-year-old Robert Holcomb of Unionville was killed after he lost control of his motorcycle “for an unknown reason” and crashed into a guardrail.

An hour later, a motorcyclist was seriously injured after colliding with a vehicle in West Hartford.

Tuesday morning, a motorcyclist, who hasn’t yet been identified, was killed in Simsbury after colliding with a truck.

“These latest two fatalities put us at 42 motorcycle fatalities year to date. That puts us up around 7-8% of where we typically would be this year,” said Eric Jackson of the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center at UConn.

“Cars are driving a lot faster than they typically would. There are more aggressive they’re running red lights and running stop signs and that’s obviously bad for motorcyclists because any time that a car and motorcycle collide, the motorcyclist is going to lose,” Jackson added.

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