Tewksbury father dies in motorcycle crash

TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) - Police say a 59-year-old father has died in a motorcycle crash on the day before Father’s Day.

Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheehan tells The Sun of Lowell that the motorcyclist struck the side of a car at about 9 a.m. Saturday.

He was flown to a Boston hospital where he was pronounced dead just after noon.

The victim lived in Tewksbury but his name was not made public.

Sheehan says the death of a father the day before Father’s Day is “absolutely a terrible tragedy.”

Sheehan says a 21-year-old Wilmington man was pulling out of a restaurant parking lot when he was struck by the motorcycle. The Wilmington man was uninjured.

The crash is under investigation.

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Information from: The (Lowell, Mass.) Sun, http://www.lowellsun.com