Police say fatal pedestrian crash on Mass Pike in Framingham appears to be suicide

Norman Miller, MetroWest Daily News
Updated ·1 min read
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FRAMINGHAM — Authorities say a man appeared to have committed suicide on Wednesday when he ran in front of a tractor-trailer on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

The Massachusetts State Police said the man has been "tentatively" identified as being from Boston.

According to police, a tractor-trailer driven by a 65-year-old Hartford, Connecticut, man was heading east at 10:50 a.m. on the Mass Pike near Exit 111 in Framingham.

Police say a vehicle was stopped in the breakdown lane, with its operator outside of it.

"The victim then suddenly ran toward the oncoming truck and was struck," state police said in a release.

The driver of the tractor-trailer stopped and called 911. Traffic was backed up as the two left lanes were closed for more than three and a half hours as troopers investigated.

State Police and emergency workers are at the scene of a fatal accident on the Mass Pike eastbound in Framingham, June 6, 2023.
State Police and emergency workers are at the scene of a fatal accident on the Mass Pike eastbound in Framingham, June 6, 2023.

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The incident remains under investigation by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, as well as the state police's commercial enforcement unit, the collision analysis reconstruction unit and crime scene services. The state Medical Examiner's Office also assisted at the scene, as did the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

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This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: Pedestrian killed after being hit by truck on Mass Pike