State Police investigating cause of accident.
State Police are investigating the cause of an accident on Salem Road Tuesday night that left a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries. The victim, identified only as a 67-year-old man, was walking along Salem Road near the Wilmington town line just before 6:30 p.m. when he was struck by a car driven by a 24-year-old female. According to a Wilmington Police officer at the scene, the driver struck the man, continued about 50 yards and stopped. The victim sustained a serious head injury and other injuries as a result of the accident and a medflight was requested, according to a Tewksbury Police report. At about 7 p.m., the victim was being transported to the helicopter, which landed at the parking lot of the former Rite Aid on Main Street…
Victim sustains serious injuries.
A portion of Main Street near Salem Road has been shut down after a pedestrian was struck by a car this evening. The accident took place around 6:20 p.m. at 2144 Main St. According to Emergecy Alerts, the victim sustained serious injuries and is being Med-Flighted from the grounds of Tewksbury Hospital to an area hospital treatment. There is no immediate word on when Main Street will be re-opened to traffic.
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The following information was supplied by the Tewksbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A female pedestrian was injured Tuesday night when struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross Route 38 in the vicinity of the Ninety-Nine Restaurant. According to Tewksbury Police, the accident took place around 8:15 p.m. The pedestrian, whom police described as being a female in her 40s, was wearing dark clothing, which made it difficult to be seen. She was also crossing in an area where there is no crosswalk. The vehicle involved in the accident was driven by a female, who stopped immediately after striking the pedestrian. While the cause the accident remains under investigation, no citations have been issued. According to police, the woman who was struck was taken to Lahey Clinic in Burlington for treatment of significant but non-…
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Lori
5:29 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
I hope the pedestrian is OK, and also the driver as the witness said she as well was traumatized. I lived in South Tewksbury for many years and was actually stopped by the police for going 32 mph on that road, just 2 miles over the speed limit. I traveled that road to work every day and it's a very windey road but I was always aware it was policed aggresively. Maybe things changed due to reduced … more ›