There were injuries reported Saturday night after a two-car crash in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
The Duxbury Fire Department advised people to use caution in the area of Summer and Franklin streets, where crews were on scene of a motor vehicle accident involving two cars. All firefighters were recalled from their homes to cover the town.
Local public safety officials are reporting a fatal moped accident on Sea View Avenue on the Oak Bluffs side of Big Bridge.
The driver of the moped, identified as 41-year-old Julie Harris of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, died after a collision with another vehicle. A passenger on the moped, 40-year-old Anya Fisher of Boston, was also critically injured. Fisher was flown from Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to Boston.
Witnesses reported that neither were wearing helmets, according to an Oak Bluffs Police Department press release, although two helmets were found at the scene. Harris was pronounced dead at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital at 12:15 pm.
State police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
The release stated that the moped driver suddenly veered into the opposite lane of traffic and hit a white Jeep Wrangler.
According to the press release, witnesses told police that the Jeep was being operated safely prior to the crash.
No life-threatening injuries were reported to individuals in the Jeep.
The accident occurred at approximately 11:30 am. As of 1 pm, officials with Edgartown and Oak Bluffs departments were still on the scene.
Oak Bluffs Police say that Sea View Avenue from Canonicus Avenue to the Big Bridge, and Beach Road in Edgartown from the Triangle to the Big Bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic until further notice.
Danielle Whitney, spokesperson for the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office, said the case remains ongoing. “We have no other information or comment on the incident at this time,” she said.
