From Press Release Materials
Massachusetts State Police currently investigating a motor vehicle vs. pedestrian crash involving a Fairhaven Police cruiser, which occurred last week.
At around 11 p.m. Tuesday, 8/25/20, a Fairhaven Police cruiser was being driven westbound on Route 6 when it struck a pedestrian in the roadway just west of the 7-Eleven convenience store. The officer who had been driving the vehicle rendered aid to the victim.
The pedestrian, 32-year-old Christian Lapaz-Dejesus, previously of South Weymouth, and most recently living in New Bedford, was rush to St. Luke’s with serious injuries, then transfered to Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he later died from his injuries.
The police cruiser involved in the crash was a 2014 Ford Explorer.
The investigation into this crash is being conducted by Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and accident reconstruction is being conducted by the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.
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