2 Police Officers Hospitalized After Waltham Funeral Procession Crash

WALTHAM, MA — Two police officers on motorcycles were hospitalized after crashing while escorting a funeral procession in Waltham Thursday morning, reported Boston 25 News.

Emergency crews responded to the crash in the area of Main Street and Sheridan Road around 10:30 a.m. and found that a pair of motorcycle officers had crashed into each other.

Waltham police posted around 11:30 a.m. that "due to a major motor vehicle crash in the area, Main Street is closed from Hill Road to Market Place Drive."

The two officers were taken to a local hospital with serious but non life threatening injuries, officials said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation and no further information has been released.