08/10/2017 - WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS (NORFOLK COUNTY) - Around 1846 hours on the evening of Thursday, August 10, 2017 the Weymouth and Rockland Fire Departments responded to a reported motorcycle accident on Shea Memorial Blvd near Bill Delahunt Parkway in the Union Point area of the two towns, the former South Weymouth Naval Air Base. Weymouth Police arrived first on-scene and reported a car versus motorcycle, with both vehicles on fire. Fire and EMS was requested to step it up. Fire crews arrived and found a fully involved vehicle and motorcycle. Both Weymouth and Rockland had requested the availability of Boston MedFlight, but it was not requested to respond. Weymouth and Rockland firefighters both worked to extinguish the fire. The motorcycle driver suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. A female passenger of the motorcycle was transported from the scene to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries via Rockland Ambulance-2, with an additional paramedic on-board. The occupants of the vehicle were out of the vehicle upon crews arrival, and were seen speaking with EMS and Police on the scene. The cause of the accident is under the investigation of the Weymouth Police Department.
