Massachusetts State Police investigating after pedestrian is hit by two vehicles and killed

A Massachusetts man has been killed after being hit by multiple vehicles.

According to Dace Procopio of the Massachusetts State Police, shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, Troopers from the Massachusetts State Police-Holden Barracks responded to a report of a pedestrian struck on Route 190 northbound in Sterling. Upon arrival, Troopers determined that a 29-year-old man from Orange, Mass., had been struck by two different vehicles while he was walking in the vicinity of the median strip.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim had been operating a 2019 Subaru WRX that, while traveling on the southbound side of Route 190, went out of control for reasons still under investigation, crossed through the median into the northbound lanes, and became disabled with a flat tire. The driver and his passenger, a 28-year-old Gardner man, moved the Subaru into the northbound breakdown lane and exited the vehicle.

Evidence suggests that the 29-year-old who had been driving the Subaru was then struck by two different vehicles while he was on foot. The first vehicle that struck him did not stop and fled the scene. Moments later, a second vehicle, a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta operated by a 37-year-old Leominster woman, also struck the victim. That driver stopped and remained on scene.

The victim was transported to Leominster Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Neither the passenger from the Subaru nor the driver of the Jetta were injured.

Police continue to seek information about the driver and vehicle that fled the scene.

The crash remains under investigation by Troop C of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and State Police Detective Unit for Worcester County.