Overview
- Authorities reported a fatal motorcycle crash on Main Road in Westport that left the operator dead.
- Responding officers found the rider about 50 feet from the motorcycle near 178 Main Road.
- The Bristol County District Attorney identified the victim as John Soares IV, 29, of Fall River.
- Police documented heavy damage to the bike, debris strewn into a nearby yard, and damage to a telephone pole and a wall.
- Soares was pronounced dead at the scene, and the district attorney’s office said the case remains under investigation.