13-year-old killed when electric dirt bike hits car in Stoneham

A -year-old boy was killed in a crash between an electric dirt bike and a car in Stoneham Friday afternoon according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Stoneham Chief of Police James O Connor In a message the Middlesex District Attorney s Office wrote The preliminary information suggests that at approximately p m the -year-old operator of a Toyota Corolla was making a left turn off of Oak Street onto Royal Street when an electric dirt bike struck the automobile The operator of the dirt bike a -year-old boy was transported to Mass General Hospital where he was pronounced dead Residents who heard the crash explained they are heartbroken for the teenager s family I heard a big bang I went down to the end of the street with a couple of neighbors saw a body on the ground I detected out it was a -year-old an emotional neighbor reported NEWS I saw the young kid lying on the ground and when they mentioned he s going right to Mass General I knew it wasn t good And I pray for his parents The crash is being investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney s Office the Stoneham Police Department the Massachusetts State Police Crime Scene Services Section and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section This is a progressing news story stay with NEWS on-air and online for the latest details