On Thursday August 6, 2015 at approximately 3:50pm Bridgewater Police and Fire
Personnel responded to a Motor Vehicle Accident on Bedford St. (Rt. 18) at the intersection of
Grove St. after receiving several 911 calls.
The accident involved a motorcycle striking the side of a 10 wheel dump truck as the
truck was turning from Bedford St onto Grove St. The Dump truck was also pulling a low bed
trailer at the time of the collision.
Upon arrival of the scene Bridgewater Police Officers and Paramedics came upon the
motorcycle and its operator located in the middle of the roadway. The operator had serious
visible head trauma. The operator of the motorcycle was wearing a helmet at the time of the
collision. The driver of the 10 Wheel dump truck was uninjured but visibly shaken.
The operator of the motorcycle, identified as Michael L Zewiey of 850 Bedford St East
Bridgewater- age 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the dump truck was
identified as Mark Jones Jr of 31 Covell St. New Bedford – age 24. The dump truck is owned
by the I.W. Harding Construction Company of West Bridgewater.
The accident has caused a ¼ mile stretch of Rt.18 to be closed and remains closed as the
cause of the collision is still under investigation by Bridgewater Police and the Accident Reconstruction Unit of the Mass State Police.
Lt. Thomas J Schlatz
Bridgewater Police Department
Bridgewater Police Department