By Jeffrey Ingram –

Just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning Police and Fire in Pawtucket responded to the area of Cottage St. and Central Ave. for a report of a crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle.

A 27-year-old man who was operating the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene and a 24-year-old woman who was a passenger on the motorcycle, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries but is in stable condition.

Police have confirmed that both people on the motorcycle were wearing helmets.

No one from the vehicle involved was injured.