Teen Killed in Dirt Bike Crash at Wareham Motocross Track
WAREHAM (WBSM) — A teen boy was killed Saturday in a fatal dirt bike crash in Wareham.
Wareham Police said the department, along with Wareham EMS and the Onset Fire Department, responded to a dirt bike crash involving a juvenile at about 12:37 p.m. on June 15.
The crash occurred at a motocross track located at 131 Atwood Farm Way in East Wareham.
According to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz, first responders arrived to find the 14-year-old boy with serious injuries. He was transported to Tobey Hospital in Wareham, where he was pronounced deceased.
It is the second fatal dirt bike crash involving a teenager at the same motocross track in the past few years. In 2021, 13-year-old Ava Pioppi of Carver was killed in a fatal crash there.
Sergeant Bryan Whalen, Public Information Officer for Wareham Police, said that one of the department’s officers was involved in a motor vehicle crash while responding to the high-priority incident and was transported to Tobey with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The fatal dirt bike crash remains under investigation by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
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