Connecticut State Police announced on Thursday that their chaplain, a former Rhode Island pastor, was killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday night. The Rev. Dr. Paul D. Krampitz, 65, of Cromwell, was riding a motorcycle on Route 9 in Berlin around 4:15 p.

Connecticut State Police said Paul David Krampitz of Cromwell was killed Wednesday after his motorcycle was struck by another vehicle on Route 9 in Berlin.

The Paterson man was traveling west on his motorcycle near Church Street — essentially in front of police headquarters — when he lost control.

A Bedford County man was killed on Wednesday after an accident on William Penn Highway. According to the Blair County Coroner, Ray Benton, the coroner’s office was called around 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 to Conemaugh Nason Medical Center’s Emergency Department for a death investigation.