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Car Vs. Pedestrian

Friday, February 8, 2013

Victim In Salem Road Accident Succumbs To Injuries

No charges filed yet against driver who struck pedestrian.

A 61-year-old Tewksbury man has died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a car while walking on Salem Road near the Wilmington town line Tuesday evening. Terence Morrissey died Friday at the Boston Medical Center, according to obituary information provided by the Tewksbury Funeral Home. Morrissey sustained traumatic injuries when he was struck by the vehicle while crossing the road near his County Road home at around 6:30 p.m. The impact of the vehicle caused him to flip up over the front of the car, smashing the windshield and damaging the hood before being thrown to the pavement. The driver of the vehicle, identified only as a 24-year-old female, has not been charged as yet in connection with the accident. It's unclear if the …

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Man Seriously Injured When Struck By Car On Salem Road and Town of Tewksbury Police Dept

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Man Seriously Injured When Struck By Car On Salem Road

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…

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UPDATED: Car Strikes Pedestrian, Victim Lifeflighted To Boston and Town of Tewksbury Police Dept

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 ›

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