More than 100 people on bicycles, scooters and dirt bikes have been riding around Boston Saturday, including over Zakim Bridge and through a major highway tunnel, police said.
Video shared with NBC10 Boston shows dozens of bicyclists riding next to cars in the O’Neill Tunnel, which carries Interstate 93 under Boston, some performing stunts.
Massachusetts State Police said the group has been active in the Boston area for hours, since they crossed the Zakim Bridge about 2 p.m. They were being tracked by air, and officials urged anyone who encountered them on the road not to engage with them.
A 22-year-old was arrested when another dirt bike rider crashed with a police cruiser in the Seaport District, near the intersection of D and Summer streets, police said. He was expected to face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest; his name wasn’t shared.
The dirt bike that crashed with the police cruiser had been stolen, police said, while its rider ran off.
It’s illegal to ride bicycles on Massachusetts highways, though it occasionally happens.
Five people, who appeared to be teenagers, biked the I-93 South tunnel under Boston on Friday, May 12, in video shared by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
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