FALL RIVER, Mass. — Emergency crews responded to a serious motor vehicle accident involving a wrong-way motorcycle on I-195 on the Braga Bridge Saturday afternoon.
Fall River EMS Medic 4, Squad 11, Fall River Fire Engine 2, and the Massachusetts State Police were dispatched to the scene following initial reports of a vehicle versus motorcycle collision with injuries.
Upon arrival, crews located one adult male patient lying supine on the highway suffering from multiple significant injuries. The patient—identified by the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office as a 32-year-old man from Westerly—was treated on the scene by EMS. He was subsequently transported to the Rhode Island Hospital Trauma Center by the crew of Medic 4, with a driver from Fall River Fire Engine 2 assisting. He was transported with life-threatening injuries.
According to authorities, the incident began when the operator drove a motorcycle eastbound onto the bridge at approximately 12:38 p.m., turned around, and began driving into oncoming traffic. After striking a State Police cruiser and a second vehicle, the driver fled on foot onto I-195 West, where he was struck by a car.
The incident remains under investigation by authorities.
