A New York State Police Sergeant was killed in a motorcycle crash early on Sept. 16.

On the Taconic State Parkway in the Town of East Fishkill, members of the New York State Police assigned to the Stormville barracks responded to a single-vehicle motorcycle collision at 6:31 a.m.

Near mile marker 36.1 on the southbound side, according to New York State Police , the preliminary investigation determined Sergeant Nigel K. Barnett, 49, of Poughkeepsie, was ejected from his 2025 Ducati motorcycle, striking the guardrail on the western shoulder.

Life-saving measures were immediately administered, but Barnett was pronounced dead at the scene.

The collision remains under investigation.

Barnett was a 19-year veteran of the New York State Police, who most recently served as station commander

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