After Police Officer Hit Near Cape Cod School, Traffic Light Getting Installed This Week

BOURNE, MA — After a Cape Cod police officer was struck by a car while conducting traffic on foot in June, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation vowed to make the area safer.

This week, MassDOT will install a new traffic light on Sandwich Road near Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, in Bourne.

This stems from a June accident in which an officer was injured.

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.

Two days later, MassDOT informed Bourne police 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 at the time. "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 call a "signalized intersection" that will be replaced and upgraded as part of the Cape Cod Canal Bridge replacement projects.

As for this week, work begins Monday, taking place overnight from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Work is expected to last three or four days, and delays on the road are to be expected if driving there during those hours.