Boston Police Officers Crash During Pride Parade 2018

BOSTON, MA — Saturday evening during the 2018 Pride Parade two motorcycle police officers responding to a medical call somehow collided and slid onto the road hitting a woman in her 80s.

Both the woman and the officers had non-life threatening injuries and the scene of a reported crash involving Boston Police officers of motorcycles and a pedestrian was cleared in a hurry.

Police told Patch they "believe everybody is going to be fine."

Police Commissioner Bill Evans told reporters later that the collision happened because the bikes' wheels locked together. A number of parade goers stopped to help, according to reports.

Scanner reports indicated the officers down and photos taken from the scene showed a heavy police presence at the corner of Beacon and Joy about halfway up the hill from the Public Garden to the State House.

When Patch's reporter got to the scene a short time later, the debris was clear and the Boston Pride Parade had resumed. Crews were preparing to take two police motorcycles away. There were a dozen bike and motorcycle officers standing by at Beacon and Joy streets.

Photo by Jenna Fisher, Patch