Police in Fitchburg, Massachusetts say one of their officers was assaulted at a gas station by a dirt bike rider Friday morning. The police department has been struggling with ATV and dirt bike riders driving recklessly on city streets.

A Fitchburg police captain spotted two dirt bike riders on Main Street. Police say the pair pulled into a Gulf gas station to fill up. Fitchburg Captain Matthew LeMay says the officer approached the riders to talk to them about their riding behavior when he was struck in the head with an object. They are investigating to see that object was the gas pump handle. The captain can be heard on scanner audio calling for help and saying that he had been struck in the head.

"I heard yelling profanities from a woman, and then I noticed a lot of commotion around on

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