Massachusetts woman dies from injuries sustained after attempting to cross street near Cumberland Farms

BROCKTON – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a motor vehicle in Hanson, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz and Hanson Police Chief Michael Miksch have announced. 

At just after 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, Hanson Police received a 911 call for a report of a car versus pedestrian crash in the area of 22 Main Street near Cumberland Farms. Hanson Police and emergency personnel responded and located the female victim lying on the roadway with obvious trauma to her lower extremities. Hanson EMS was in the process of transporting the victim to a designated landing zone to meet a medflight helicopter when the victim’s condition changed. She was then taken by ambulance to South Shore Hospital where she was pronounced deceased. She has been identified as 76-year-old Donna Mark of Pembroke. 

Hanson Police contacted the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office, and an investigation commenced. 

Preliminarily, it appears that Mark was attempting to cross the roadway, when a motorist driving east stopped to allow her to pass. Mark traveled north across the eastbound lane and walked in front of a white Honda CRV which then struck Mark.

The female operator of the white Honda CRV stopped at the scene. 

The investigation is ongoing.