Overview
- Emergency crews found an abandoned motorcycle on the I-293 North off-ramp near Granite Street and later located the rider on the Merrimack River bank.
- Officials say the rider was ejected over a guardrail several hundred feet from the bike and fell up to 65 feet, with trees deflecting the fall back toward the bridge.
- Firefighters reported the lone rider suffered catastrophic guardrail and fall injuries and was treated for multi-system trauma; the motorcyclist remains in critical condition.
- Responders cleared the scene and reopened the affected I-293 exit at 4 a.m., limiting the crash's traffic impact to the pre-dawn hours.
- Authorities have not released the rider's name or an official cause of the crash, and further investigation by local officials is expected.