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August 22, 2006

North Providence man died in motorcycle accident

PROVIDENCE – The police today identified the 20-year-old man who died in a motorcycle-car crash last night as Joseph A. Pierno, of North Providence.

Police responded to the accident, which was at the intersection of River Ave. and Sunbury St., at 9:05 p.m. Pierno, of 74 Gaudet St., was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, according to the police accident report. He died at the hospital at 9:15 p.m., spokeswoman Andrea Barbosa said.

Pierno was riding his 2006 Kawasaki Ninja westbound on Sunbury St. in the wrong lane, according to the accident report. Approaching the intersection with River Ave., Pierno attempted to stop.

Pierno’s motorcycle left about 87 feet of skid marks in the eastbound lane of travel on Sunbury St. It then fell to its right side and slid approximately 38 more feet, at which point it collided with the left front corner of a 1996 Land Rover.

Just before that collision, Pierno fell off the motorcycle. He struck the driver’s side rear door and the rear wheel of the Land Rover and landed on his back in the middle of River Avenue, just south of Sunbury St., according to the police.

Driving the Land Rover was Mary E. Frawley, 36, of 25 College Rd. in Providence, who gave the police a statement about the accident this morning. She had been driving the Land Rover south on River Ave., which does not have stop signs at the intersection of Sunbury St., according to the police.

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