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Teenager dies after crash involving dirt bike, pickup truck in Hudson

Dirt bike passenger med-flighted to Boston area hospital

Teenager dies after crash involving dirt bike, pickup truck in Hudson

Dirt bike passenger med-flighted to Boston area hospital

POLICE SAY BOTH BOYS WERE RIDING THE DIRT BIKE - AND NEITHER WERE WEARING HELMETS. <"IT REALLY IS JUST VERY SAD."> A TRAGIC SCENE IN HUDSON AFTER ONE TEENAGE BOY WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WAS HURT IN A DIRT BIKE CRASH ON WASON ROAD. THE DRIVER OF THAT BIKE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN BOSTON. POLICE SAY NEITHER OF THEM WERE WEARING HELMETS. THEY ALSO SAY A TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH AND THAT áTHAT DRIVER WASN'T HURT AND IS NOT FACING CHARGES AT THIS TIME. NEIGHBORS TELL NEWS 9 THERE ARE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS ON THIS ROAD... PARTICULARLY AT THE CURVE -- WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED. KASSIE ANDERSON SAYS SHE OFTEN SEES PEOPLE RIDING DIRT BIKES AND FOUR WHEELERS IN THE WOODS AND ON THE MAIN ROAD. <"I WORRY FOR THEM; I ALWAYS PRAY THAT NOTHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN AND WHEN I FOUND OUT TODAY AND HEARD THIS NEWS IT WAS VERY HEARTBREAKING."> AND RIGHT NOW THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO UPDATE YET ON THE CONDITIONS OF TH
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Teenager dies after crash involving dirt bike, pickup truck in Hudson

Dirt bike passenger med-flighted to Boston area hospital

Hudson police said a teenager has died after a collision with a pickup truck on his dirt bike.Police responded to a crash involving a pickup truck and Kawasaki dirt bike around 12:15 p.m. Sunday on Wason Road, officials said. A 15-year-old male was driving the dirt bike with a 15-year-old male passenger, Hudson police said. Officials said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene and the passenger was taken to Elliot Hospital, before being med-flighted to a Boston area hospital. The teens were not wearing helmets, according to police. The woman driving the pickup truck was not injured and is not facing charges at this time, officials said. Neighbors tell News 9 there are a lot of crashes on Wason Road, particularly at the curve where the crash happened. Kassie Anderson said she often sees people riding dirt bikes and four wheelers in the woods and on the main road."I worry for them," Anderson said. "I always pray that nothing would ever happen and when I found out today and heard this news, it was very heartbreaking."Hudson police Lt. Roger Lamarche said it will be felt throughout the community. "Hudson's a good community. I know the news is going to hit hard, but I know the community will come together and support each other for it," Lamarche said. "It is a tragedy and it's not a good day for anybody today right now."The exact cause of the crash in under investigation. There is no word yet on the condition of the other teenage boy.

Hudson police said a teenager has died after a collision with a pickup truck on his dirt bike.

Police responded to a crash involving a pickup truck and Kawasaki dirt bike around 12:15 p.m. Sunday on Wason Road, officials said.

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A 15-year-old male was driving the dirt bike with a 15-year-old male passenger, Hudson police said.

Officials said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene and the passenger was taken to Elliot Hospital, before being med-flighted to a Boston area hospital.

The teens were not wearing helmets, according to police.

The woman driving the pickup truck was not injured and is not facing charges at this time, officials said.

Neighbors tell News 9 there are a lot of crashes on Wason Road, particularly at the curve where the crash happened.

Kassie Anderson said she often sees people riding dirt bikes and four wheelers in the woods and on the main road.

"I worry for them," Anderson said. "I always pray that nothing would ever happen and when I found out today and heard this news, it was very heartbreaking."

Hudson police Lt. Roger Lamarche said it will be felt throughout the community.

"Hudson's a good community. I know the news is going to hit hard, but I know the community will come together and support each other for it," Lamarche said. "It is a tragedy and it's not a good day for anybody today right now."

The exact cause of the crash in under investigation.

There is no word yet on the condition of the other teenage boy.