Chelsea Police officer dies in motorcycle crash
A 41-year-old Chelsea Police officer died in a motorcycle crash in Lynn on Thursday night, police said.
John Bruttaniti was off-duty and driving on the Lynnway toward his home in Lynn when he crashed, Chief Brian Kyes wrote in a letter on Facebook.
State Police said his motorcycle lost control and struck another motorcycle driven by a 25-year-old man from Lynn. Bruttaniti then hit a utility pole and was determined to be deceased at the scene, according to police. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Bruttaniti joined the Chelsea Police in March 2008, and he had previously worked as a firefighter for Chelsea Fire Department, according to Kyes.
“He was an incredible Police Officer and an absolute Gentlemen and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him,” Kyes wrote. “Suffice to say that we as a community are devastated by his loss but take some comfort that he is now at peace at eternal rest.”
https://www.facebook.com/ChelseaPoliceDept/posts/947698655328780
Bruttaniti was awarded the Chelsea Police’s Life Saving Medal last June after he saved a toddler who was choking on a penny.
Chelsea Fire said they were “devastated” by the death in a post on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/FDChelseaMA/status/731075935085154304
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