Ava Pioppi.Photo: GoFundMe
A Massachusetts teenager has died following a dirt biking accident earlier this week.
Ava Pioppi, a 13-year-old girl from Carver, was involved in a fatal crash at Wareham MX Park on Monday, according to apress releasefrom the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
“Interviews conducted and an analysis of the scene revealed the female victim was traveling southbound on the dirt bike track and appeared to have lost control after landing a jump, swerving into the parallel lane,” officials say. “There the victim collided with a male rider.”
The park where the accident occurred announced on Monday that they will be “closed until further notice.”
“We had a tragic accident today and need time [to] pray,” read a message posted on theWareham MX Park’s Facebook account,
Jacob Morrison, who runs the park, has since created aGoFundMeon behalf of Ava’s family “to help them with expenses they will endure after the devastating loss of their beautiful daughter.” As of Wednesday afternoon, the fundraising page has raised over $70,000.
“It was absolutely devastating to her family, myself, any people that were there to witness it,” Morrison wrote. “Ava loved dirt bikes. She loved riding at the track and doing the summer camps every week. She was always happy every time I saw her. She had her whole life ahead of her.”
“Ava will be forever missed. We will always keep her memory alive,” Morrison added, noting that he also plans to plant “a beautiful tree at the track in honor of her.”
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“We have lost one of our Rising Tide family members, and we are grieving this loss as a school community. Our hearts are with the Pioppi family,” Head of School Michael O’Keefe said in a statement, according toBoston CBS station WBZ.
source: people.com
