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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 10/01/2021

Location : Vaughan Street near the Lakeville town line

City : Middleboro

County : Plymouth

State : Massachusetts

Agency : Lakeville Police Department

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Driver killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR POLICE CHASE:
Speeding and alleged reckless driving. Police said a Lakeville officer observed the motorcyclist traveling 68 mph in a 40-mph zone on Main Street and attempted a traffic stop.
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EVENT NARRATIVE:
On 10/01/2021, at approximately 11:45 p.m., an unidentified male motorcyclist was killed after a Lakeville Police Department officer attempted to stop him on Main Street in Lakeville. Police said the officer observed the motorcycle being driven recklessly at 68 mph in a posted 40-mph zone and attempted a traffic stop.
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According to police, the motorcyclist continued driving away while the Lakeville officer pursued him along Main Street. Police described the pursuit only as brief and did not publicly disclose its duration, distance, the officer's speed, or the motorcycle's speed after the pursuit began. No PIT/TVI maneuver, stop sticks, roadblock, or physical contact between the police cruiser and motorcycle was reported.
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Police said the officer discontinued the pursuit when the motorcycle turned from Main Street onto Vaughan Street because continuing the chase presented a safety risk. A short time later, the same officer continued along the motorcycle's route on Vaughan Street and found that the motorcycle had crashed into a utility pole just over the town line in Middleborough. Available public accounts do not establish how much time elapsed between the stated termination of the pursuit and discovery of the crash, how far behind the motorcycle the officer was, or the motorcycle's speed when it struck the pole.
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The officer called for medical assistance and provided aid to the motorcyclist. Lakeville Fire Department personnel transported him by ambulance to Morton Hospital in Taunton, where he died from his injuries.
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Police initially withheld the man's identity pending notification of his family. A further open-source identity search did not establish his identity with sufficient reliability to replace “Name Not Disclosed.”
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The fatal crash was investigated by the Lakeville Police Department, Middleborough Police Department and Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section. The officer was not criminally charged for his role in initiating the pursuit.
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OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Lakeville officer who initiated the pursuit has not been publicly identified.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.facebook.com/LakevilleMAFD/posts/pfbid0343yPcyVLJi5pivtjNQ594UhTu88GLvG96ifZAxo9pczwK6N3JjQJLXmfiuqymMvrl
https://middleboroughpolice.com/2021/10/02/lakeville-and-middleboro-police-respond-to-fatal-motorcycle-crash-friday-night/
https://www.wcvb.com/article/deadly-motorcycle-crash-lakeville-middleborough/37832874
https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/10/02/motorcyclist-killed-after-crash-in-middleboro-after-chase-with-police
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/02/metro/motorcyclist-dies-crash-after-lakeville-police-chase-called-off/
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/police-motorcycle-driver-dies-crash-brief-chase/
https://whdh.com/news/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-near-middleboro-lakeville-line-following-brief-police-chase/