82-year-old motorist out to 'pick up a turkey' ahead of Thanksgiving gets surrounded, severely beaten by ATV gang numbering between 30 and 40 riders

An 82-year-old man who's daughter said was out to "pick up a turkey" was surrounded and severely beaten in Boston last week by an ATV and dirt bike gang that numbered between 30 and 40 riders, WCVB-TV reported.

The victim suffered serious injuries and remains hospitalized but is expected to survive, police added to the station.

What are the details?
State police told WCVB that the ATV/dirt bike gang was on Boylston Street near Fenway Park last Thursday around 7:30 p.m. when the victim noticed the gang approaching him.



The gang then forced the victim upon a curb when some of the bikers smashed the windows of the victim's car, the station said.

Even though the victim tried to drive away, some of the gang members followed him and resumed kicking and striking the victim's vehicle, WCVB said.

At one point the elderly motorist got stuck on an off-ramp, rolled down his window to ask occupants of another vehicle for help — and with that one of the bike riders began punching him through the open window, the station said.

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Simultaneously, other riders kicked the victim's car, threw a piece of pipe through the rear window and a large rock through another window, police told WCVB.





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State police said the driver was eventually able to escape the traffic and attack at that location, driving to a nearby gas station where he got out of his car and fell to the ground.

Boston EMS responded and transported him to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center where he remained hospitalized days later.

'He was going to pick up a turkey'

"He was going to pick up a turkey. That's all he was doing. A simple errand at 7:30 at night," the victim's daughter told WCVB. "You wouldn't think that it would be a dangerous time for someone to be out."

The daughter added to the station that her dad "wasn't doing anything wrong. He's simply traveling somewhere, and then he gets attacked, and it's heartbreaking for us to know that it's not safe for our 82-year-old father to be out by himself. Discouraged at humanity in general to know that someone — or more than someone — can get together and beat on a defenseless elderly man."

She also told WCVB that her family is viewing the crime as "an attempted murder. This wasn't just some sort of assault. He could have really died."

What did police have to say?

State police are asking "anyone who may have captured cell phone footage of the group or the incident, or who called 911 to report the incident, to call us ... Anyone who has any such information, photos, or footage or who called 911 that night is asked to call the State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County at 617-727-8817," the station said.

Police added for the benefit of possible witnesses that the incident took place on the following route: Park Drive, Boylston Street, Bowker Overpass, Storrow Drive (westbound); Soldiers Field Road (westbound), off-ramp to Cambridge Street by River Street Bridge and DoubleTree hotel in Allston, culminating at the Joe's Kwik Market (formerly Speedway) on Cambridge Street in Allston (roughly 2.7 miles).




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What the hell is wrong with this country anymore?

Looks like a trouble maker to me.

That won't happen in a 2A loving state. Even so, a younger and more capable driver would have played smash up derby with them before allowing himself to be cornered. Car > ATV.

I've got a few questions about this.   ATVs.....where i live they are not street vehicles...and don't go fast enough to be safely used on streets.

2.  Why is this old guy out at this hour looking for a turkey?  Isn't a little irresponsible for his family to send HIM out??

3. So the 'gang' saw this old dude and they just decided to go after him? What happened prior? and how did he drive away?


Not saying that beating people, especially senior citizens is the right thing to do. It isn't. But this is a weird story.

My neighbor used to race ATVs and they will do 80mph or more and have off road suspensions. A police car will have a hard time catching them if they have access to off road areas.

Calypso Jones wrote:I've got a few questions about this.   ATVs.....where i live they are not street vehicles...and don't go fast enough to be safely used on streets.

2.  Why is this old guy out at this hour looking for a turkey?  Isn't a little irresponsible for his family to send HIM out??

3.  So the 'gang' saw this old dude and they just decided to go after him?   What happened prior?  and how did  he drive away?


Not saying that beating people, especially senior citizens is the right thing to do.  It isn't.  But this is a weird story.

I used to have a neighbor lady who lived in her home on her own until she was 93. Her grand-daughter (and her hubby) had a room in their home all ready and waiting for her, but she was determined to live alone until she had trouble caring for herself. This guy sounds like a pretty healthy and active 82 yo. He's probably a stubborn old guy that wanted to contribute to the holiday....buying the turkey and letting the women cook it. WHY should that be a problem? You're kinda' sounding like the old days when women got blamed for being a rape victim....

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It just astounds me how many people will just stand by and video something like this, but not do ANYTHING to help:

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