GRISWOLD, Conn. — A driver who died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash at Hopeville Pond State Park in Griswold on Thursday was identified as an 81-year-old man from Rhode Island.
DEEP said identified the victim as Frank M. Herrera, of Exeter, Rhode Island.
According to officials, Herrera was driving a street-legal motorcycle when he hit a fixed object within the park.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
The investigation, which briefly closed the park to the public on Thursday, continues.
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