Motorcyclist dead after crashing into cable barrier on North Shore highway, police say

NEWBURY, Mass. — A motorcyclist is dead after authorities say he crashed into the cable median barrier on Interstate 95 in Newbury on Wednesday morning.

Troopers responding to a report of a single-vehicle crash on the southbound side of the highway near Exit 83 at Scotland Road just after 7 a.m. found a wrecked motorcycle in the grassy median, according to Massachusetts State Police.

State police say troopers administered CPR on the motorcyclist, who was later pronounced dead at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport. His name hasn’t been released.

Aerial video from the scene showed the man’s motorcycle entangled in the cable barrier, multiple first responders tending to the victim, and traffic jammed up for miles approaching the area.

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