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Motorcyclist killed by alleged drunken driver in Rehobath
Jeffery H. Fisk Jr., 40, of Rehoboth, charged
UPDATED 9:41 AM EDT Jun 26, 2016
REHOBOTH, Mass. —A Seekonk man was killed when his motorcycle was hit head-on by an alleged drunk driver Saturday afternoon.
Emergency crews went to the crash site on Agricultural Avenue in Rehoboth just after 2:30 p.m.
When they arrived, they found the motorcycle driver, a 63-year-old Seekonk man, lying in the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said he was hit head-on by a truck driven by Jeffery H. Fisk Jr., 40, of Rehoboth.
He was arrested and when he was released from a hospital he was taken to the police department.
Fisk was charged with homicide by motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.
He is being held in jail on $100,040 bail and will appear in Taunton District Court on Monday.
The crash remains under investigation.