BRAINTREE, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a pedestrian on Interstate 93 southbound in Braintree early Tuesday morning.
Troopers responding to a reported hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian on the highway near Exit 6 just before 4:30 a.m. found a 42-year-old Boston man dead after he was hit by a vehicle in the area of the second and third lanes, according to state police.
The vehicle or vehicles that struck the victim did not stop and fled the scene, state police said.
Authorities are working to establish a possible description of the suspect vehicle(s).
The victim’s name has not been released.
The center and right travel lanes were temporarily closed as patrol, detective, collision reconstruction, and crime scene units processed the scene.
No additional information was immediately available.
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