Manchester Woman ID’d As Victim In Fatal Motorcycle Crash In East Hartford

EAST HARTFORD, CT — A Manchester woman has been identified as the victim of a fatal motorcycle crash late Sunday.

State police on Tuesday said Alicea Heaven Martinez-Navaez, 21, of 23 Bunce Dr., Manchester, the operator of the motorcycle, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The accident happened around 11:56 p.m. Sunday on Route 2 in East Hartford near Exit 1A, state police said.

The motorcycle was eastbound on Route 2 in the area prior to Exit 1A when the operator failed to negotiate the right hand curve and crashed into the metal beam guardrail in the median, a police report says. The operator was then thrown from the motorcycle, police said.

Police are asking any witnesses to the accident to contact Troop H at 860-534-1000 or contact Trooper First Class Joshua Durant at joshua.durant@ct.gov.

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