Residents and workers who regular Cambridge’s Harvard Square are sounding the alarm after a woman in her 60s was struck and killed by a boom truck while walking in the area on Tuesday.
Officers responding to a report of a pedestrian struck on Brattle Street near the Out of Town News building just before 7 a.m. found the woman suffering from serious injuries, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Branville Bard Jr. said.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was transported to an area hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
The driver of the boom truck remained on the scene. The company did not comment.
Timothy Madden, a Teamster in the same union as the driver of the truck, said large vehicles and pedestrians in the area are a dangerous mix.
“There are blind spots,” Madden said. “There are people out here with headphones, people not paying attention, and these roads were not built for trucks … Some of these trucks maybe don’t belong on these roads.”
Leila Ylidiz agreed, saying, “I think everyone is always running around Harvard Square, like there’s so many people thinking about other things.”
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