CARVER — An off-duty police officer’s quick actions aided in the response to a motorcycle crash that left the rider with serious injuries, according to the Carver Police Department.
Police and EMS were dispatched to 21 Cranberry Road at 5:12 p.m. on Monday after a 911 call reported a single-operator motorcycle accident.
Officer Michael Shaw, who was off duty at the time, arrived moments after the call and began administering first aid.
His use of an extremity tourniquet was credited with preventing further injury to the crash victim.
The operator of the 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle, whose name has not been released, was treated on-site by Carver EMS before being transported to a local trauma center.
The injuries were serious but believed to be non-life threatening.
Preliminary investigation suggests the motorcyclist failed to navigate a curve properly, leading to the crash.
Traffic on Cranberry Road was halted for about 45 minutes while emergency crews attended to the patient and cleared debris from the scene.
