Fatal Motorcycle Crash

EXETER, New Hampshire – On Sunday, August 6, 2023, at approximately 10:19 a.m., New Hampshire State Police Troop A was notified of a single motorcycle crash on Route 101 westbound in Exeter, NH.  On scene investigation revealed that the operator, identified as Kiel Forgitano, age 25, of Raymond, NH lost control of his Aprilia motorcycle and veered off the roadway, west of exit 9, striking a tree and sustaining life-threatening injuries.  Witnesses stopped to assist and provide medical aid to Forgitano until he was transported to Exeter Hospital where he succumbed to his injures a short time later. 

Troop A was assisted on scene by the New Hampshire State Police Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Unit, members of Exeter Fire/EMS and the Exeter Police Department.

The cause of this crash appears to be excessive speed; however, all aspects of this case remain under investigation.  If you witnessed the crash, or have any information regarding any of these events, please contact Trooper William Bohnenberger at William.F.Bohnenberger@dos.nh.gov.