28-year-old Seekonk police officer killed in motorbike crash

Crime

Kourtny DeForitis of Taunton was the passenger of a motorbike that collided with a automobile early Saturday morning in Somerset.

A 28-year-old Seekonk police officer was certainly one of two individuals killed in a motorized vehicle crash in Somerset Saturday, Somerset Police mentioned. 

Kourtny DeForitis of Taunton was the passenger of a motorbike that collided with a automobile early Saturday morning, police mentioned.

Police responded to studies of a automobile that had struck a phone pole and located Taunton and the motive force of the motorbike unconscious within the roadway.

The motive force of the motorbike, Daniel Glover, 44, of Easton, was pronounced useless on the scene, in keeping with WCVB. Police mentioned Taunton was taken to the hospital, the place she was later pronounced useless. 

In keeping with police, the motive force of the opposite automobile was transported to the hospital out of precaution.

Police mentioned the preliminary investigation suggests the motorbike entered the rotary within the flawed course and collided with the automobile.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing. 

The Seekonk Police Division introduced Defortis’s demise on Sunday morning in a Fb submit. 

“Kourtny had a specific fondness for the youth of Seekonk and could possibly be discovered playfully interacting with them within the faculties and at group occasions, often with a shiny smile on her face and a contagious snort,” the division wrote. 

“The women and men of the Seekonk Police Division provide their honest condolences to Ptlw. DeForitis’ household and pals, as we additionally mourn the lack of certainly one of our personal.”

The Somerset Police Division provided their condolences in a Fb submit on Sunday. 

“We wish to lengthen our deepest condolences to not solely the Seekonk Police Division but additionally Officer Kourtny [DeFortitis’s] household,” the submit learn.