By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Orange, MA) During the fire on West River Street in Orange on Saturday, there was a fatal motorcycle accident on Warwick Road also in Orange. Around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Mark Clarke, 64 years old, of West Brookfield was traveling by motorcycle on Warwick Road in Orange when a friend he was riding with noticed Clarke was no longer following him. The friend turned around and found Clarke in an embankment near 24 Warwick Road.
Clarke was brought to Athol Hospital where he passed away. The crash is under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police and the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.