WOONSOCKET — A 39-year-old city man was seriously injured when he crashed his motorcycle into a wall in the parking lot of the Walnut Hill Apartment complex Thursday afternoon, police said.

Celestino Nieves of 83 Orchard St. was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit of Rhode Island Hospital after the crash, which occurred about 1:25 p.m., said Detective Lt. Eugene Jalette.
The police department’s Accident Reconstruction Team was still trying to determine exactly what happened as of press time. But as far as police could tell, Jalette said, Nieves was riding through the parking lot of the complex, near 2281 Diamond Hill Road, when he somehow lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a wall.
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear, and no other vehicles appear to have been involved, he said.
Nieves wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, and it was apparent that he had suffered head injuries, said Jalette.
Nieves was not conscious when paramedics arrived at the scene, the detective said.
There were a number of witnesses to the accident that police were planning to interview as part of their investigation, said Jalette.