Car Slams Into Memorial for Officer Sean Collier In Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Shortly after MIT police Officer Sean Collier was killed by the Boston Marathon Bombers a memorial went up at the corner of Mass Ave and Vassar Street in his name. Late Wednesday night a 52-year-old man crashed his car into the granite memorial and took down a nearby tree, according to police.

Jeremy Warnick, a Cambridge police spokesman, said police were called to the scene of the crash around 12:36 a.m. and the driver was taken to Mass General with injuries described as non life threatening.

Warnick told Patch the man was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and the crash does not appear to have been intentional.

He added there is minimal damage to the memorial and police are investigating the cause.

The 27-year-old MIT Police officer the site memorializes was killed in his cruiser by Boston Marathon bomber brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev following the bombing on April 18, 2013.

More to come.

Previously:

MIT Officer Collier Laid to Rest in Peabody

Collier Memorial Grows at MIT

Police, Residents Attend Officer Sean Collier's Wake

File photo by Jenna Fisher/Patch