Joshua Wetherington was pronounced dead at Johnson Memorial Hospital Saturday night.
SOMERS – A 25-year-old local man was killed Saturday in a motorcycle accident near his home Saturday night.
Joshua Wetherington, of 89 Pioneer Heights, was riding his motorcycle west on Pioneer Heights at about 6:45 p.m. when he lost control, left the roadway and struck a utility pole, State Trooper Jay Gershowitz said.
He was thrown from the bike and landed about 20 feet away, Gershowitz said.
Wetherington was taken to Johnson Memorial Hospital, in Stafford Springs, where he was pronounced dead, he said.
The accident is being investigated by the Somers residents officers for the Connecticut State Police.