Not Just Providence - ATV and Dirt Bike Riders Beat 82-Year-Old Man in Boston

Not Just Providence - ATV and Dirt Bike Riders Beat 82-Year-Old Man in Boston

ATV and dirt bike violence is not just a problem in Providence.

WBZ News is reporting that an 82-year-old man was surrounded and assaulted by a group of dirt bikes and ATVs riders in Boston last Thursday.

The victim is a Brookline man and he reportedly suffered serious injuries and remains in the hospital. He is expected to survive.

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“State Police said the man was driving his 1996 Buick Century from Park Drive to Boylston Street when 30 to 40 dirt bike and ATV riders forced him onto the curb. Several of the suspects then began smashing windows of the victim’s car,” reports WBZ.

Similar assaults have happened in Providence — the highest-profile attack was an assault of a woman who was dragged from her call and beaten in front of a child.

“Police said the group followed the victim from Boylston Street to Storrow Drive, where he tried to get off an exit in Allston. The group then surrounded and attacked him.

‘He put his window down to ask occupants of another car to call 911,’ State Police said. ‘While the victim’s car window was down, one of the riders, a male, approached him on foot and began punching the victim through the open window.’”