Victim of crash involving Fairhaven Police cruiser has died

The victim of​ the pedestrian/motor vehicle crash involving a Fairhaven Police cruiser on Tuesday evening died at the hospital last night.

According to Gregg Miliote of the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, the victim is 32-year-old Christian Lapaz-Dejesus, who was living in New Bedford. He died approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday night at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Massachusetts State Police are currently investigating the incident.

At around 11 p.m. Tuesday, a Fairhaven Police cruiser was being driven westbound on Route 6 when it struck a pedestrian in the roadway just west of the 7-Eleven convenience store.

Lapaz-Dejesus was rendered aid by the officer driving the cruiser, and was then rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford after sustaining serious injuries. He was later transferred to the hospital in Boston.

The police cruiser involved in the crash was a 2014 Ford Explorer.

Miliote states that he investigation into this crash is being conducted by Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the district attorney’s office and accident reconstruction is being conducted by the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.