PEABODY, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are searching for a driver who struck a tow-truck operator in Peabody and fled the scene Friday night.

While changing a flat tire in the breakdown lane in the area of Route 128 North and Route 114, the 21-year-old tow-truck operator was struck by a 2016 white Nissan Altima, state police say.

The vehicle, with Maine plates (registration number: 7436WM) fled the area, according to police.

The tow-truck driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police say.

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