A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on Cape Cod on Thursday afternoon, authorities say.

Around 4:45 p.m., a motorcycle was driving north in the area of 2309 Cranberry Highway in Wareham when witnesses said he lost control of the vehicle, veering into the southbound travel lane where he was struck by a Mercedes GLC300, the Plymouth District Attorney's Office said in a press release.

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The motorcyclist, identified by police as 49-year-old Matthew Burns, was found unresponsive by Wareham police and Massachusetts State Police and died at the scene.

At the time of the crash, Burns was accompanied by four other motorcyclists, one of whom also sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash.

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