A GoFundMe campaign is raising money to help support the children of a Massachusetts man who died in a motorcycle crash in New Bedford earlier this month.

Johan Marquez Marte, 37, died Aug. 3 after his motorcycle crashed on Route 18 around 2:30 p.m., the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said previously. A bystander, New Bedford police and paramedics all performed life-saving measures on him, but he was declared dead shortly after arriving at a hospital.

The preliminary investigation suggests Marquez Marte lost control of his motorcycle prior to the crash, the district attorney’s office said. His death is not considered suspicious.

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Born Aug. 14, 1987, Johan “Goldy” Marquez Marte died just days before his

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