Police this morning named a man who died on the Island’s roads over the weekend as 38-year-old Vernell Eugene Smith.

Mr. Smith, of Sandys parish, was the 15th person to die in a road crash in Bermuda this year.

Police said Mr. Smith was riding a motorcycle traveling north on Somerset Road, in Sandys, when he attempted to overtake a car and lost control, colliding with a wall.

He was taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with serious injuries and was subsequently pronounced dead.

Witnesses are asked to contact P.C. Greg Battersbee or P.C. Janeal Parson at the Somerset Police Station on 234 1010.