Alfred Ferrioli of Salem, MA, killed in motorcycle crash in Seabrook, NH – NBC Boston

A Massachusetts man was killed in a motorcycle accident in Seabrook, New Hampshire on Wednesday evening.

New Hampshire State Police said Seabrook police and firefighters were called to a crash involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Ocean Boulevard in the area of ​​Lawrence Street around 10:22 p.m. Wednesday. State police were also called in to lead the investigation.

Their preliminary investigation revealed that a 1984 Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by 47-year-old Alfred F. Ferrioli of Salem, Massachusetts, was traveling south in the left lane of Ocean Boulevard. As he approached a line of traffic traveling in the same direction, he changed lanes to the right and passed another vehicle before attempting to merge back into the left lane in front of the vehicle he had just passed.

As Ferrioli attempted to move back into the left lane, his motorcycle struck the right rear of a 2017 Toyota Tacoma driven by 45-year-old Daniel Deruntz of Revere, Massachusetts. After brief contact with the pickup truck, Ferrioli lost control of his motorcycle, which veered off the right side of the road, through a grassy field and eventually into the front yard of a home, where it crashed into a raised flower bed surrounded by concrete pavers.

The impact threw Ferrioli from the motorcycle, which came to a stop in a nearby field. The pickup truck sustained minor damage, and its driver, Deruntz, immediately stopped at the scene and called 911.

Ferrioli was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

Deruntz and a passenger in his vehicle were not injured.

The right lane of southbound Ocean Boulevard was closed for approximately three hours to conduct the accident investigation.

The accident remains under investigation by state police.