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Earlier this week, Massachusetts police were called to the scene of a deadly hit-and-run accident on Route I-495. The accident occurred early Monday morning near Exit 23B in Westborough, where a 40-something male pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Police did not find a disabled vehicle near the scene of the accident, so it’s unclear why the pedestrian was on the highway. They have not released the victim’s identify and they have asked for the public’s help in investigating the hit-and-run.

Traffic along I-495 was backed up for several hours following the fatal accident; however, traffic had resumed in all lanes as of 10am that morning.

Source: Authorities ask for public’s help in solving I-495 hit-and-run, Boston Globe, June 14, 2010 Continue reading

Early Saturday morning, Massachusetts state troopers rushed to the scene of a traffic accident on Route 195 near exit 2 in Rehoboth. According to preliminary reports, a 20-year-old pedestrian was hit by a 2004 Nissan 360Z. The pedestrian accident victim was reportedly outside a disabled vehicle in the middle travel lane when the accident occurred around 2:40am.

The Nissan’s driver, 21-year-old man from Fall River, was not injured.

Emergency responders took the injured pedestrian to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Authorities are still investigating the cause of this fatal pedestrian accident.

Source: Fatal pedestrian crash on Route 195 in Rehoboth, Mass, NECN.com, April 3, 2010 Continue reading

Earlier this week, two separate highway accidents in eastern Massachusetts killed pedestrians, report state police. The first pedestrian accident occurred around 7:30pm Tuesday evening when a 46-year-old Salisbury man stepped into the right lane on Route 95 South in Newbury. He was hit by a car and fatally injured.

On Wednesday, the second pedestrian fatality occurred on Woburn Street in Wilmington when an unidentified man was hit by a commercial vehicle. Police believe the man may have jumped from an overpass before the vehicle hit him.

Authorities are still investigating the fatal accidents.

Source: Two killed in pedestrian accidents on highways, Boston Globe, March 17, 2010 Continue reading

On Monday evening around 6pm, a plow driver in Plympton, Massachusetts reportedly hit a 47-year-old woman and drove off. The pedestrian accident victim was apparently walking in the street when she was hit. The plow was not plowing snow at the time of the accident.

Police say they are searching for a small SUV with a plow attached to the front. Officials at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston report that the woman who survived the hit and run is in fair condition.

Because pedestrians have no protection against vehicles like cars, trucks, or SUVs, they are extremely vulnerable to injury if they are involved in an accident. Potential injuries include broken bones, brain injuries, internal bleeding, and sometimes death.

Source: MA police search for plow driver who allegedly hit woman and drove off, NECN.com, December 22, 2009 Continue reading

A Boston pedestrian was killed on Friday afternoon near his home in the Back Bay. Police say the 84-year-old man stepped out into traffic to cross the street when he was hit by a 22-year-old bicyclist from Randolph.

The bicyclist was traveling northbound on Massachusetts Avenue when he collided with the pedestrian, who fell to the ground and hit his head. The pedestrian died later that night at Boston Medical Center.

According to a Boston police spokesman, the bicyclist stayed at the scene of the pedestrian accident and will probably not be charged because the pedestrian had stepped into traffic. There was no crosswalk.

Pedestrian, 84, dies after being hit by bicyclist, Boston Globe, November 16, 2009 Continue reading

On Monday evening, a freshman at the University of Massachusetts was injured after being hit by a vehicle and landing on the vehicle’s hood. The 18-year-old student was crossing Commonwealth Avenue around 6:22pm when she was hit by a southbound vehicle driven by an 18-year-old New Bedford woman.

The injured pedestrian was transported in an Amherst Fire Department ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. A spokeswoman for the hospital said she has already been released from the hospital.

Charges have not been filed in the pedestrian accident, which remains under investigation. Commonwealth Avenue has been the site of several previous pedestrian accidents, including a 1999 incident where a student killed crossing the street. In light of these accidents, officials from University of Massachusetts and Amherst police are working together to raise awareness about safety in crosswalks.

UMass student injured when struck by vehicle in risky campus crosswalk, GazetteNet.com, November 4, 2009 Continue reading

Last week, a motor vehicle accident on Route 28 North in Medford injured a pedestrian, who later died at the hospital. According to state police reports, the pedestrian was hit by a 2003 BMW X5 in the right lane. The 33-year-old driver was not injured.

The pedestrian, a 53-year-old man from Medford, was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital and died at the hospital. Medford’s Deputy Fire Chief said that stretch of roadway is particularly prone to accidents, although they usually do not involve pedestrians.

Police closed Route 28 for three hours following the motor vehicle crash so they could investigate and reconstruct the accident. It is clear if the driver will face any charges.

Pedestrian killed on Fellsway in Medford, Boston Globe, October 9, 2009 Continue reading