Steven Tenney lives across the street from the incident and said he was outside when he saw a motorcyclist traveling 50 to 60 mph from the direction of Walnut Street. He said the motorcycle collided with a Jeep SUV, launching the driver off his motorcycle into a nearby yard and the motorcycle more than 100 feet down the road.
According to Tenney, a police officer further up the street ran to assist the victim. He gave the man chest compressions before ambulances arrived and took him to a local hospital.
“(The officer) felt for a pulse, didn’t feel anything. I felt, I didn’t feel anything,” Tenney said. “We worked on him until everyone else pulled up.”
Witnesses said those in the car were shaken up, but did not appear to have any physical injuries.
“It was not (the driver of the car’s) fault, it was clearly not her fault,” Tenney said.
Mathew Copithorne was also on Wyman Street near the crash. He said he was at home when the incident occurred and ran to assist before first responders were on the scene.
Copithorne, who said he has lived on the street for 20 years, added he wasn’t surprised that an incident like this happened given how motorists drive on Wyman Street and in the city in general.
“I’ve called the city… I said you can park a police cruiser in my driveway if you want, just do something about this,” Copithorne said. “It’s ridiculous, I’ve been here 20 years and it’s been this way.”
He said he is frustrated with the lack of speed-limit enforcement in the city.
“Speeding’s OK on Wyman Street and Flint Street and basically in the city of Lynn wherever you go,” he said.
Tenney, who has lived on Wyman Street for 19 years, also said that speeding has always been an issue in the neighborhood.
“Quite frankly, I don’t call this Wyman Street, I call it Wyman Highway or Wyman Drag Strip,” he said. “They go flying, in either direction…All my neighbors around here say to each other that eventually, somebody will get killed.”
