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June 28, 2007

Motorcyclist dies in North Smithfield

NORTH SMITHFIELD -- A 24-year-old Massachusetts man died Wednesday night in a motorcycle accident, according to the police.

The accident occurred around 7:30 on Douglas Pike between Mattity Road and Rankin Path. The driver, Gregory A. Amaral, of 20 Hough Road in Sutton, Mass., was traveling in the southbound lane when he entered the northbound lane, lost control of the motorcycle and collided with the pavement, according to a statement released by Lt. Bradley C. Aubin.

Amaral was pronounced dead on the scene, and the accident remains under investigation by members of the department’s patrol and accident reconstruction units, Aubin said.

-- Journal staff writer Kia Hall Hayes

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