WAREHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT

PRESS RELEASE 

                        On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at approximately 8:30 pm, officers of the Wareham Police Department, along with Onset Fire Department and Wareham EMS personnel responded the area of the Liquor Locker on the Cranberry Highway (Rte. 6&28) regarding a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers noticed the body of a deceased female, whose identity is being withheld at this time, pending notification of family members. The involved vehicle, a 2002 Jeep Cherokee driven by 22 year old Eric Crowley of Wareham, was traveling eastbound on Rte. 6&28 in the travel lane, when the female was struck during an apparent attempt to cross the roadway. The driver of the vehicle was not injured during the incident.

Investigation of the incident is currently being conducted by the Wareham Police Department and Mass. State Police.  Further updates regarding this incident will be released when information becomes available.

On Friday, April 26, 2013 at approximately 8:10 pm, Wareham Police Department, Wareham Fire Department, Wareham EMS, and Mass State Police personnel responded to the area of 2816 Cranberry Highway regarding a reported motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Upon arrival at the scene, officers noticed the body of an adult male that had been struck by a vehicle traveling north on Cranberry Highway. The body was determined to be deceased at the scene. Due to pending family notifications, the identity of the male will not be released at this time.

The driver of the involved 1994 Acura, 19 year old Charles Rohrbach IV of Wareham, was present at the scene and was not injured during the incident.

The incident is being investigated by the Mass. State Police Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Section and the Wareham Police Department. There have been no criminal charges filed at this time, although the investigation is ongoing.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at approximately 12:45 pm, personnel from the Wareham Police Department, Onset Fire Department, Wareham EMS, Wareham Harbormaster Dept., and K-9 Units responded to lot #14 at the Lakeside Trailer Park regarding a reported missing child. According to the reporting party and grandmother of the child, Valerie Navarro, 3 year old Alyvia Navarro wandered from her care and had been missing for approximately 25 minutes, when she called for police assistance. Ms. Navarro further reported that the 3 year-old child was autistic.

Upon arrival at the scene, an immediate and extensive search of the area was initiated and SEMLEC Search & Rescue Team was notified to respond.  Approximately 1 hour later, 3 year old Alyvia Navarro was located by Wareham Harbormaster’s assistants in Dick’s Pond, approximately 25 yards from the shore, in an unresponsive condition. The child was immediately brought to shore, where paramedics administered life-saving medical attention and transported her to Tobey Hospital in Wareham, where medical treatment continued until the child was transferred to Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA via Med-Flight. The child is currently in critical condition.

The incident is being investigated by the Wareham Police Department Detective Division and Mass. State Police C-PAC Unit.