A motorcycle
ride in honor of slain Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarantino brought out over
500 bikes that left the Leicester High School this morning at 11:00 a.m. While
the ride was coming through Charlton on Oxford Rd. near Buffumville Dam at the Oxford
town line there was an accident involving one of the motorcycles.
The AFRD's ALS
Motor assigned to the CEMLEC Police Motor Unit was working the ride and being operated
by Captain/Paramedic Justin Brigham. Captain Brigham was about 2 miles behind
the accident when he was notified by CEMLEC Officers at the scene to respond.
The ALS Motor is able to navigate through the hundreds of bikes and arrived on the
accident scene in just under 2 minutes and began to evaluate and provide aid to
the female passenger of the motorcycle who suffered a head injury. An Ambulance
from the Charlton Fire Department was called to the scene to transport the
patient to UMASS Medical Center with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
“This is why
the ALS Motor was put into service, for these situations”, said AFRD Chief
Stephen M. Coleman Jr. “These rides bring hundreds of bikes to main streets and
back roads in many communities and accidents happen, whether it is someone from
the public or one of the officers. Having the ability to bring trained medical
professionals to the scene quickly on and with the right equipment is key to providing
early interventions”, Coleman said.
The ALS Motor
has been in service since September 1st and this was its fourth
mission with CEMLEC. There are several other missions scheduled through the
month of October including the Klepto 5K on Sunday October 15th in
Auburn. That run
benefits The Major David Brodeur Memorial Foundation.
Captain/Paramedic Justin Brigham operating the
departments ALS Motor Unit. The motor went
into service on September 1, 2017.
