24-Year-Old Wallingford Motorcyclist Killed In Oxford Crash, ID Released By Police

OXFORD, CT — A 24-year-old Wallingford man was killed when his motorcycle went down an embankment and ended up in a wooded area, state police said.

At 4:47 p.m. Tuesday, Oxford Police with state troopers responded to 438 Guntown Road, where Wallingford police said they had found a missing person from an open case in their town, state police said in a news release.

Police found a 2001 Honda motorcycle approximately 20 feet down an embankment on the southbound shoulder of Guntown Road, into a wooded area.

The driver, Robert David Connolly Jr., 24, of Wallingford, was thrown as a result of the collision and sustained fatal injuries, state police said.

State Police are investigating and ask anyone with information to call them at 203-888-4353.