A group of over 100 bicycles, dirt bikes and motorized scooters was seen riding on and through highways and tunnels in Boston Saturday afternoon, police said. Massachusetts State Police received a report that a group of bikes was riding into the O’Neill Tunnel on Interstate 93 south just after 2 p.m.The group left the highway at Exit 17 but returned to the highway shortly after. One of the dirt bikes, which police later found to be stolen, collided with a state police cruiser after the group encountered troopers near D and Summer streets in Boston. The dirt bike operator fled from police on foot.Another dirt bike operator, a 22-year-old man, was arrested at the scene of the collision. He will face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.Police say drivers and pedestrians should not engage with the group in any way if they are seen on roadways.
A group of over 100 bicycles, dirt bikes and motorized scooters was seen riding on and through highways and tunnels in Boston Saturday afternoon, police said.
Massachusetts State Police received a report that a group of bikes was riding into the O’Neill Tunnel on Interstate 93 south just after 2 p.m.
The group left the highway at Exit 17 but returned to the highway shortly after.
One of the dirt bikes, which police later found to be stolen, collided with a state police cruiser after the group encountered troopers near D and Summer streets in Boston.
The dirt bike operator fled from police on foot.
Another dirt bike operator, a 22-year-old man, was arrested at the scene of the collision.
He will face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Police say drivers and pedestrians should not engage with the group in any way if they are seen on roadways.
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