Weekend Crashes in Massachusetts

Here is a summary of the most recent motor vehicle accidents that occurred over the weekend ( Aug 6 - Aug 8) in Massachusetts.

- A Cape Cod rider, Alan Hurwitz, 52, of East Falmouth, died on Friday after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in at the intersection of Turner and Thomas B. Landers roads in Falmouth. Hurwitz was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital, but died a few hours later. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, police said.

- Police chase ended in a stolen car crash in Sutton, MA on Friday. The chase began on Route 146 and ended with a car crash into a tree on Boston Road and the arrests of three people: William Rodriguez, 17, of Worcester, and two passengers Dennis Cruz, 17, and Ezequera Cruz, 19, both of New Bedford.

Rodriguez was charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle, failure to stop on the signal of a police officer, negligent driving, and speeding. His passengers were charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle.

- A Whitman man, David Gargon, 43, was in critical condition in the intensive care unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center over the weekend following a 3-vehicle crash in Grafton on Friday.

Gargon was injured when his Toyota Tundra pickup truck struck a Ford Escort stopped in the eastbound breakdown lane, and then hit a 2002 Freightliner tractor-trailer truck stopped in traffic. According to police, Gargon was speeding in the breakdown lane when the accident occurred. The other drivers were not injured.

- An off-duty Boston police officer, Michael Long, 38, driving through a construction site struck a civilian flagger in Dedham Friday morning.

Officer Long, an 11-year veteran of the Boston police, was making a left turn onto Washington Street in his Ford Expedition when the passenger-side mirror struck the construction worker James Leydon, 58, in the elbow. Long drove on, saying later that he wasn't aware he struck anybody. Dedham police do not plan to file charges against Long.

- A 2-car crash on I-91 after 5 pm on Saturday caused 3 injuries and hours of traffic delays in West Springfiled. The crash occurred just south of Mass. Turnpike exit 14 when a 2000 Isuzu Rodeo driven by Heraldo Tapia (who didn't have a driver's license), 51, rolled over after crashing with a Nissan Murano.

- Matthew Amorello, the former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chief was arrested for drunken driving after he crashed his car into two parked vehicles in Haverhill early Saturday morning. See more here.

- A Hampden biker was killed in a crash on Sunday after his motorcycle struck a utility pole on Wilbraham Road in Hampden. Stephen R. Came, 57, died before the emergency crews arrived at the scene.