WAREHAM, Mass, — A GoFundMe page apparently created by the person who runs Wareham Motocross Park, described 13-year-old Ava Pioppi as a dirt bike lover who also loved coming to the facility, a track located off of Cranberry Highway.
On Labor Day, just before 3 p.m., Pioppi was riding a dirt bike on the southbound side of the track and had just landed a jump.
The Plymouth County District Attorney’s office said that’s when she somehow lost control and veered into northbound dirt bike traffic, colliding with a male rider.
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Both riders went down, but only Ava suffered serious injuries. She was pronounced dead at Tobey Hospital.
Ava, a resident of Carver, attended the Rising Tide Charter School in Plymouth.
Boston 25 News contacted the school for comment, but we have yet to hear back.
While Ava was not a student in Carver Public Schools, Superintendent Scott Knief told Boston 25 news the entire community is, of course, saddened to learn of her death.
Ava’s family posted a sign on their front door requesting privacy.
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