Police officer dead after Somerset motorcycle crash; second victim identified

The Herald News
Updated ·2 min read

SOMERSET — Seekonk Police have identified one of their own, patrolman Kourtny DeForitis, as having been killed in an early-morning motorcycle and vehicle crash on Saturday.

"The men and women of the Seekonk Police Department offer their sincere condolences to Ptlw. DeForitis' family and friends, as we also mourn the loss of one of our own," reads a notice posted to the department's Facebook page. "Rest in peace, badge 3334, we'll take the watch from here."

DeForitis, 28, resided in East Taunton.

Seekonk Police Patrolman Kourtny DeForitis, 28, of East Taunton was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Sept. 9.
Seekonk Police Patrolman Kourtny DeForitis, 28, of East Taunton was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Sept. 9.

Somerset police said the crash occurred around 1:15 a.m. near the Route 103 rotary. When first responders arrived on-scene, they found a motorcycle and a vehicle with two victims lying in the road.

DeForitis is believed to have been the passenger on the motorcycle.

Gregg Miliote, spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, said the motorcycle's driver was Daniel Glover, 44, of South Easton.

Glover was pronounced dead on the scene. Somerset police said DeForitis was taken by Somerset EMS to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead; the vehicle's driver was also hospitalized out of an abundance of caution.

The Somerset Police Department is investigating an early-morning crash on Saturday that left two people dead.
The Somerset Police Department is investigating an early-morning crash on Saturday that left two people dead.

Police said the preliminary investigation suggests that the motorcycle entered the rotary in the wrong direction, colliding with the vehicle.

The Somerset Police Department is investigating the crash, working with the assistance of the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section Unit and detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

Miliote said no charges will result from the accident.

Seekonk Police said DeForitis graduated from the Cape Cod Municipal Police Academy in 2021 and had been an officer for just under three years.

"Since that time, she has been assigned to the Patrol Division and was outstanding in her various roles as a community outreach officer," the post reads. "Kourtny had a particular fondness for the youth of Seekonk and could be found playfully interacting with them in the schools and at community events, usually with a bright smile on her face and a contagious laugh."

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Somerset motorcycle crash kills off-duty Seekonk police officer