A Boston motorcycle officer was seriously injured in a crash near the Museum of Science Thursday morning. The officer was working motorcade duty for a visiting dignitary. Boston police originally said the officer was assigned to a motorcade for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who is expected to visit Boston later Thursday. However, that information proved to be incorrect. The officer was actually assigned to a motorcade for Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, who spoke at Harvard and visited a research lab on Thursday. Renzi is on a 4-day trip through the United States. Massachusetts State Police say the crash occurred on O'Brien Highway around 10:15 a.m. The officer was on a blue and white police motorcycle and the other vehicle involved appears to be a Subaru wagon with New York plates.A tweet from the Secret Service identified the officer as James Scopa. Scopa was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of serious but not life-threatening injuries. He was later released.MSP is asking people to avoid the area while the crash remains under investigation. Get the WCVB News App

A Boston motorcycle officer was seriously injured in a crash near the Museum of Science Thursday morning. The officer was working motorcade duty for a visiting dignitary.



Boston police originally said the officer was assigned to a motorcade for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who is expected to visit Boston later Thursday. However, that information proved to be incorrect.


The officer was actually assigned to a motorcade for Italy's Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, who spoke at Harvard and visited a research lab on Thursday. Renzi is on a 4-day trip through the United States.

Massachusetts State Police say the crash occurred on O'Brien Highway around 10:15 a.m. The officer was on a blue and white police motorcycle and the other vehicle involved appears to be a Subaru wagon with New York plates.

A tweet from the Secret Service identified the officer as James Scopa.

Scopa was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of serious but not life-threatening injuries. He was later released.

MSP is asking people to avoid the area while the crash remains under investigation.