New details: Driver charged after leaving scene of fatal motorcycle crash in Marstons Mills

David Curran/Satellite News Service/CWN (used with permission)

MARSTONS MILLS – Barnstable Police report that at approximately 11:53 AM on Tuesday, they were called to 3900 Falmouth Road. Route 28 in Marstons Mills regarding a traffic crash with personal injury. Upon arriving at the scene, good Samaritans were giving CPR to a motorcyclist that had been involved in an collision with a pick-up truck.

While two Barnstable Officers were giving CPR to the 18-year-old motorcyclist from Centerville, the operator of the pick-up truck drove away from the crash scene without identifying himself.
Shortly thereafter, Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Rescue personnel treated and transported the injured motorcycle operator to Cape Cod Hospital, where upon arrival he was pronounced dead.

At the crash scene, witnesses assisted the police department with identifying the suspect driver, 71-year-old Richard Collins of Ipswich, MA. A BOLO (Be On The Lookout) was put out to other neighboring law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for Collins and his black Chevy truck. After receiving the BOLO, Mashpee Police Department was able to provide a possible local address where Collins was staying.

Barnstable Officers then went to an Osterville residence several miles from the crash scene and arrested Richard Collins. Collins is charged with Motor Vehicle Homicide – OUI Liquor and Negligent Operation, Leaving the Scene of an Crash with Personal Injury or Death, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle, and 2 other traffic violations.

Collins’ will be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Wednesday 8/17/22. The Barnstable Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit will continue to investigate the fatal motor vehicle collision.



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