Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Police Identify Officer Involved in Motorcycle Crash

The Somerville officer sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Credit: WHDH, 7News

A Somerville officer on a police motorcycle collided with a minivan at about 9:10 a.m. Monday at Medford and Pearl streets behind Somerville High School, according to Somerville Deputy Police Chief Paul Trant.

The traffic officer, Robert Hickey, a 20-year veteran on the force, was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, Trant said.

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The minivan was a 1995 Honda Odyssey operated by a Malden man.

The crash is under investigation by the Somerville Police Accident Reconstruction Team, Trant said.

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