Suspect vehicle found, no arrests made in Somerville pedestrian hit-and-run crash, police say

SOMERVILLE WITH DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION. TODD: POLICE HAVE LOCATED THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY’RE STI LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER, WHO IS STILL ON THE RUN AFTER A HIT AND RUN HERE LAST NIGHT. >> OK, JUST TOOK A CALL FOR A HIT AND RUN. 500 MYSTIC AVE. PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, EMS IN ROUTE. TODD: STATE POLICE GOT THE CALL AROUND 7:00 LAST NIGHT. THEY SAY THE DRIVER KEPTN O GOING, SPEEDING AWAY ON MYSTIC AVE IN SOMERVILLE. THE VICTIM IS A 33-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM SOMERVILLE. HE WAS FOUND ON THE SIDEWA,LK AND RUSHED TO MGH, WITH SERIOUS INJURI.ES >> BREATHING, BUT NOT RESPONSIVE. TOSPONSIVE. DD: TODAY, STATE POLICE ANNOUNCED THEY FOUND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM SOMERVILLE POLICE. PEDESTRIANS WHO CROSS THIS BUSY INTERSECTION SAY IT IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. >> AT NIGHTTIME, I JUST WELL, I PRAY ALL THE TIME, AND AS SOON AS I SEE THAT ’WALK’ I RUN. THAT’S WHAT I DO. >> THE LIGHTS, I THINK, ARE, SOMETIMES IT’S CONFUSING. TODD: THIS IS VIDEO OF A FATAL HIT AND RUN AT THEAME S INTERSECTION BACK IN 2019. MYSTIC AVE, ALSO KNOWN AS ROUTE 38, IS A STATE RD.OA MASSDOT SAYS IT IS SYSTEMATICALLY IMPROVING SAFYET FOR WALKERS, BICYCLISTS AND DRIVERS HERE, ANOND OER NEARBY STATE ROADS BY INSTALLING NEW RAISED CROSSWALKS, NEW SIDEWALKS, GUARDRAIL, CURBS, AND A RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASNG BEAC.ON SOMERVILLE MAYOR JOE CURTATONE WRITES IN A STATEMENT TODAY, OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT PHYSICAL TRAFFIC CALMING IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE SE.AF SOMERVILLE WANTS STREETS WHERE SPEEDING IS PHYSICLYAL IMPOSSIBLE. THE CITY HAS BEEWON RKING WITH MASSDOT TO RE-ENGINEER THIS INTERSECTION, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF VITAL SAFETY MEASURES IS PLANNED FOR 20. TONIGHT, THERE’S NO UPDATE ON THE CONDITION OF THE INJURED PEDESTRIAN. AGAIN, POLICE DO HAVETH SUSPECT VEHICLE BUT THEY ARE WORKGIN TO DETERMINE WHO WAS DRIVING LAST NIGHT SO NO ARREST HAS BEEN MADE, YET

Massachusetts State Police troopers are searching for a vehicle that was involved in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Somerville.The crash happened Monday night on Mystic Avenue, also known as Route 38 south, near the intersection of Shore Drive.The pedestrian, a 33-year-old Somerville man, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries, according to state police. An investigation by troopers from the State Police-Medford Barracks, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section developed information suggesting that the suspect vehicle was a hatchback, generally orange in color.The vehicle was found with assistance from Somerville police. The investigation is ongoing to identify the operator. There have been at least three hit-and-run crashes in the area in the past two years. In July 2019, 52-year-old Cheryl Richards was killed while crossing the road.A few weeks later in August, a 69-year-old pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when he was crossing the road.That incident happened in the same intersection as Monday night's crash.

SOMERVILLE, Mass. —

Massachusetts State Police troopers are searching for a vehicle that was involved in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Somerville.

The crash happened Monday night on Mystic Avenue, also known as Route 38 south, near the intersection of Shore Drive.

The pedestrian, a 33-year-old Somerville man, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries, according to state police.

An investigation by troopers from the State Police-Medford Barracks, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section developed information suggesting that the suspect vehicle was a hatchback, generally orange in color.

The vehicle was found with assistance from Somerville police. The investigation is ongoing to identify the operator.

There have been at least three hit-and-run crashes in the area in the past two years.

In July 2019, 52-year-old Cheryl Richards was killed while crossing the road.

A few weeks later in August, a 69-year-old pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when he was crossing the road.

That incident happened in the same intersection as Monday night's crash.

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Suspect vehicle found, no arrests made in Somerville pedestrian hit-and-run crash, police say

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