After Cop Is Struck By Car, MassDOT Making Safety Improvement On Cape Cod Road

BOURNE, MA — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is making swift changes after a police officer while struck by a car near an area high school this week.

The officer was conducting traffic on foot at the exit of Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School on Monday when he was struck by a car. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash, police said.

On Wednesday, police said MassDOT informed them that the organization would be making "immediate improvements" to that section of Sandwich Road.

"MassDOT will be installing speed feedback signs as an immediate traffic calming measure along Sandwich Road near the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in addition to safety measures that have previously been performed," police said. "As an interim measure, MassDOT is evaluating the site for the possible installation of a temporary signal to be installed within the next few weeks."

Eventually, this section of road will be what officials called a "signalized intersection" that will be replaced and upgrading as part of the Cape Cod Canal Bridge replacement projects.

A project is being initiated to make this a signalized intersection, which will eventually be replaced and upgraded as part of the Cape Cod Canal Bridge replacement projects.

The Bourne Police Department said Officer Brian Doble was conducting traffic on a regular assignment Monday around 11:08 a.m. when a 17-year-old turning left onto Sandwich Road struck him with their car.

Doble was sent airborne from the impact and landed back on the road. He was able to stand and move to the side of the road, where he notified dispatchers of the crash.

He was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was later released. The 17-year-old from Wareham was uninjured.