METHUEN, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Methuen that killed a 57-year-old pedestrian, police said.
Officers responded to reports of a hit and run on Jackson Street between Ranger Road and Dearborn Road shortly before 9 p.m., police said.
A man watching his car being dropped off by a tow truck was hit by another car that kept driving, police said. The man allegedly lived across the street from the crash.
The victim, a 57-year-old man, was pronounced dead, Methuen Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon, said.
No additional information was immediately available.
Police are asking anyone with information to call Methuen police at 978-983-8698, and asking people who live in the area to check their security cameras for footage of a car traveling toward Pleasant Valley Street at 8:45 p.m.
UPDATE sad to report the Pedestrian hit and run is a fatal. V male age 57. Anyone with information please call at 978.983.8698. @cityofmethuen via @ChiefSolomon
— Methuen Police 🇺🇸 (@MethuenPolice) October 15, 2019
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