CLINTON — On Friday, February 7, 2025, at approximately 8:05 p.m., Officer Kristopher Vazquez of the Clinton Police Department was dispatched to the Dunkin’ Donuts located at 1044 Main Street following a report that a vehicle had crashed into the building.
(The account and quotations in this article were sourced from the printed Personnel Narrative of Officer Vazquez and does not reflect any political perspective or personal opinion of News Link Live, which is strictly a business entity.)
“The caller, [name redacted] reported that they saw a black Jeep drive over the curb, across the sidewalk, impact the doors of Dunkin’ Donuts, back out, and pull into the parking lot of Avidia Bank located across the street,” Officer Vazquez said. “When I arrived on scene, I conducted an investigatory stop of the black Jeep located in the bank’s parking lot.”
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Officer Vazquez noted that the vehicle was a 2008 black Jeep Commander with Massachusetts plates. The operator identified himself as Matthew Rowe and denied hitting anything with the Jeep.
According to police, Matthew L. Rowe, 19, is a resident of Ponakin Road in Lancaster, MA.
“Matthew denied impacting anything with his Jeep,” Officer Vazquez said. “After explaining to Matthew that officers observed tire marks on the sidewalk in front of the doors of Dunkin’ Donuts, he confessed to driving over the curb, over the sidewalk, and impacting the doors of the business. When I asked Matthew why he had hit the doors, he replied, ‘I don’t know…I came in a little too fast…I don’t know how to explain it.’”
Officer Vazquez said that at the time, Rowe did not seem impaired and was able to articulate himself.
“He also seemed lucid at the time, which provided no explanation as to why he would drive over a wide sidewalk and into the doors of a building,” Officer Vazquez said. “I allowed Matthew in his current lucid state to drive off, however, when I returned to the police station, I applied for an Immediate Threat License Suspension in case Matthew’s accident was due to an undisclosed or possibly unknown medical condition.”
According to Officer Vazquez, at the time of the crash, Dunkin’ Donuts had multiple employees inside the building, and there were three other people riding in the Jeep.
Rowe was charged with:
- Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle
Disclaimer: If you are wondering why the incident in this story was from February, that’s because I had to file FOIA request(s) to get the court documents for the incident. FOIAs are time consuming.
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