Teenager Hospitalized After Brookline Vehicle Collision

BROOKLINE, MA — A teenage boy is hospitalized after suffering a severe head laceration due to a motor vehicle crash that took place Thursday morning, according to the Brookline Police Department.

Officers and first responders arrived to the scene at approximately 7:30 a.m. on 525 Harvard St. after receiving a report of a collision between a car and motorcycle, with one person reportedly bleeding severely from the head. The motorcycle was identified as a Flywing moped. Dr. Ben Kann, a radiation oncologist at Dana Farber and Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, was nearby when the crash too kplace and helped by wrapping the boy's head in a sweatshirt in an effort to stop the bleeding, according to a report from WCVB NewsCenter 5.

According to the department’s preliminary investigation, the 14-year-old boy was driving the moped on Harvard Street in the direction of Coolidge Corner. Meanwhile, the other vehicle involved was driving on Verndale Street when it tried to make a left turn onto Harvard Street. Police say the teen, who was not wearing a helmet, failed to obey a red traffic signal and crashed into the driver's side of the vehicle. The boy was transported to Children’s Hospital.

The investigation remains ongoing, and the status of the injured person is currently unknown.

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