Two juveniles reported on the ground after vehicle and e-bike crash at Rockdale Avenue and Cove Road in New Bedford
Police and fire dispatchers sent the call out as a crash with injuries. The departments have not said publicly how badly anyone was hurt or how the crash happened.
NEW BEDFORD Developing, 10:15 a.m., Nov. 12, 2026.
New Bedford police, fire crews and an ambulance were sent to Rockdale Avenue at Cove Road just before 8 a.m. Thursday for a crash involving a vehicle and an e-bike, and a police dispatcher reported two juveniles on the ground, according to the departments' radio traffic.
Police dispatch put out the call at 7:53 a.m., sending police unit 23 and the ambulance unit Medic 3 to the area for a motor vehicle crash with injuries, according to police radio traffic.
About two minutes later, New Bedford fire dispatch sent Ladder 3, Engine 6 and Unit 2 to the intersection of Rockdale Avenue and Cove Road for a vehicle versus e-bike crash with injuries, according to fire radio traffic.
South Coast 360 is asking the New Bedford Police Department for information on the crash and the people involved, and we will update this story as we learn more.
What we know
- Police dispatch sent unit 23 and Medic 3 to Rockdale Avenue and Cove Road at 7:53 a.m. Thursday for a crash with injuries involving a vehicle and an e-bike, according to police radio.
- The police dispatcher reported two juveniles on the ground.
- Fire dispatch sent Ladder 3, Engine 6 and Unit 2 to the intersection about two minutes later for a vehicle versus e-bike crash with injuries, according to fire radio.
What we do not know yet
Police and fire have not said publicly how badly anyone was hurt, whether anyone was taken to a hospital, how the crash happened, whether the driver stayed at the scene or whether Rockdale Avenue was closed.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact in this story comes from the New Bedford police and fire departments' own dispatch radio traffic on Thursday morning, Nov. 12, 2026, from the public OpenMHz recordings of police channel 1 at 7:53 a.m. and fire channel 1 at 7:55 a.m. The story reports only what the dispatchers sent out: the place, the units and the call as a vehicle and e-bike crash with injuries with two juveniles on the ground. It names no one, gives no ages beyond the dispatcher's word juveniles and says nothing about anyone's condition. South Coast 360 is asking the New Bedford Police Department for more information.
Corrections
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Sources (2)
- New Bedford Police Department dispatch radio, channel 1, 7:53 a.m. Nov. 12, 2026Public OpenMHz recording of the police dispatch to Rockdale Avenue and Cove Road.
- New Bedford Fire Department dispatch radio, channel 1, 7:55 a.m. Nov. 12, 2026Public OpenMHz recording of the fire dispatch to Rockdale Avenue and Cove Road.