WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - The 23-year-old driver who allegedly struck and killed a 54-year-old Framingham man in Worcester early Wednesday morning is facing charges including motor vehicle homicide and operating under the influence, officials said.
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Officers responding to a reported pedestrian crash in the area of Chandler and May streets around midnight found Devalter Marini Rocha injured in the roadway, according to Worcester police.
Marini Rocha was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver, Ian McGrath, of Worcester, was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A preliminary investigation suggests McGrath’s 2011 Toyota Camry was traveling north on Chandler Street when it hit a parked car, crossed the double line, and hit Marini Rocha as he was walking in the southbound lane.
McGrath is slated to be arraigned at a later date on charges including motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, operating under the influence, failure to stay within one lane, operator failure to wear a seatbelt, failure to slow for a pedestrian in the roadway, speeding, operating negligently so as to endanger, and driving on sidewalks, according to police
An investigation is ongoing.
WPD Crash Reconstruction Team Investigates Fatal Pedestrian
Crash on Chandler Streethttps://t.co/SwoW2kyObF— Worcester PD (@WorcesterPD) November 27, 2019
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