Fairfield, VT : 51-year-old man killed in Fairfield motorcycle crash on Saturday, July 30, 2016

A 51-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash Saturday in Fairfield, according to the Vermont State Police.

David Chaplin of East Fairfield was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:50 p.m. single-vehicle wreck, Trooper Kirsten Skelly said in a statement Saturday night.

The crash happened on Dodd Road when Chaplin was thrown from his 2008 motorcycle when the southbound vehicle went off the road and into a field, Skelly said. Chaplin was found about 30 feet into the field.

“The speed of the motor vehicle does not appear to be a contributing factor of this crash,” Skelly said. “It is unknown whether alcohol was a contributing factor.”

Chaplin was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, Trooper John Bruzzi of the St. Albans barracks said Sunday morning. "It looks like he struck a tree," Bruzzi said.

An investigation is ongoing.

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Man killed in Fairfield motorcycle crash