A Boston police officer riding a motorcycle and another driver were both taken to the hospital after a crash on American Legion Highway in Roslindale Thursday afternoon. The collision happened at about 3:12 p.m., with the driver of the other vehicle remaining at the scene as emergency crews responded.
According to NBC Boston, the officer on the motorcycle and a driver were both taken to the hospital following the crash. The station reported that the driver involved stayed at the scene after the collision. The Boston Globe similarly reported that the officer and the car's driver were both taken to the hospital Thursday, citing police.
Exactly where along the busy roadway the crash occurred is not entirely clear. NBC Boston placed it near Canterbury Street, while WCVB reported the collision occurred in the area of 606 American Legion Highway, also around 3:12 p.m.
Conflicting Accounts of the Injuries
Reports also diverge on how serious the injuries were. The Globe reported that the officer's and driver's injuries were not believed to be serious, though their conditions were not immediately available. WCVB, however, reported that the condition of both patients was unknown at the time of its report.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation, and no arrests had been made, according to WCVB. Boston 25 News, which first reported the crash Thursday evening, described the story as developing.
Part of a Rough Stretch for American Legion Highway
Thursday's crash adds to a string of serious incidents along American Legion Highway in recent memory. In one earlier case, one person died following a single-vehicle crash near 400 American Legion Highway in Mattapan, with police saying it occurred around 11:14 p.m. and that the victim was pronounced dead at the scene while homicide detectives responded, per NBC Boston. In another incident on the same corridor, a dump truck and a motorcycle collided near Walk Hill and American Legion Highway shortly before 2 a.m., leaving one person with life-threatening injuries, as reported by WCVB. A separate crash involving a scooter and a dump truck in Roslindale also sent one person to the hospital with undisclosed injuries, according to WHDH, which at the time described the case as developing with no additional information released.
