First at 10 00, a local Police Officer is accused of texting and driving, crashing his car, then leaving the scene. Good evening, im vanessa welch. And im mark ockerbloom. Tonight he is on paid administrative leave and his sister wasted no time defending her brother. Malini badt sue has the interview youll see only on fox 25. Mark and vanessa, we are here in lynn where that officer lived with his family. Are taking this matter very seriously and say no one is above the law, no one should be texting while driving, which caused the crash. Reporter rookie Police Officer robert adams is a patrolman on the streets of rowellly, part of his job is to catch people for texting while driving. Ironly his boss says adams was textsing while driving in his personal car and then hit a parked car. Fox 25 spoke with the officers sister at their lynn home. Just an accident. Reporter fox 25 has learned the accident happened around 1 00 in the morning on october 21st on the busy road in lynn, the dark roa
Either, just kind of went down pass the street. Reporter a source tells us after the crash adam drove down the road and then called police. Adams originalledly told the lynn officer he was texting and driving. When youre in a car accident you gotta get your bearings and stuff. In a statement from rowellys police chief, he says quote officer adams was cited for leaving the scene of a Motor Vehicle accident and texting while driving. As a result this incident i have placed officer adams on paid administrative he didnt really do anything wrong. Called the police, told them what happened. Reporter adam has been on the job since 2015. Adams sister says its not fair that her brother is a poster child for texting while driving crashes. I think it was just an old westport road just after 6 00 tonight. Police tell us a 19yearold and a 21yearold were hit. Both were sent to the hospital, the driver did stay on scene. Were working to get the latest on the victims condition. Harvard has suspended t
First at 10 00, a local Police Officer is accused of texting and driving, crashing his car, then leaving the scene. Good evening, im vanessa welch. And im mark ockerbloom. Tonight he is on paid administrative leave and his sister wasted no time defending her brother. Malini badt sue has the interview youll see only on fox 25. Mark and vanessa, we are here in lynn where that officer lived with his family. Are taking this matter very seriously and say no one is above the law, no one should be texting while driving, which caused the crash. Reporter rookie Police Officer robert adams is a patrolman on the streets of rowellly, part of his job is to catch people for texting while driving. Ironly his boss says adams was textsing while driving in his personal car and then hit a parked car. Fox 25 spoke with the officers sister at their lynn home. Just an accident. Reporter fox 25 has learned the accident happened around 1 00 in the morning on october 21st on the busy road in lynn, the dark roa