— Photos by Donald Norton

UPDATE:

At 9:10 AM today, Traffic Officer Robert Hickey was involved in a motor vehicle crash while operating a police motorcycle. This crash occurred at the intersection of Medford Street and Pearl Street and involved a 1995 Honda Odyssey operated by a male out of Malden, MA. Officer Hickey, a 20 year department veteran, was transported to Mass General Hospital via Cataldo Ambulance suffering from serious but non-life threatening injuries

The crash is under investigation by the Somerville Police Accident Reconstruction Team.

— Somerville Police Department