Speeding Motorcycle Crashed Head-On With Warwick FD Rescue Vehicle: Cops

WARWICK, RI — A motorcycle crossed into the wrong lane and crashed head-on into a Warwick Fire Department rescue vehicle Monday night, police said.

The rescue vehicle was returning to the station in a "non-emergency capacity" shortly after 7:30 p.m. when it was struck by the motorcycle on Diamond Hill Road near Larchmont Drive, the Warwick Police Department said in a media release.

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"The motorcycle operator had been traveling northbound on Diamond Hill Road when it lost control on approach to a bend in the roadway, crossing the double yellow line, and colliding head-on with WFD Rescue 2 which had been traveling in the southbound lane," the release said.

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The operator of the motorcycle was hospitalized and treated for "non-life-threatening injuries," according to the release.

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The Warwick Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team investigated the crash, the release said.

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"Initial evidence shows that the motorcyclist's speed was a factor," according to the release.

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