A tragic turn of events unfolded last Friday evening in Chelsea, Massachusetts, where a woman was fatally struck by a vehicle. According to NBC Boston, the incident occurred on Second Street, and police were summoned to the scene around 7:15 p.m. In a harrowing account of the aftermath, one witness described seeing the victim still lodged beneath the truck. "When we came by here, she was still laying underneath the truck," Reginald Watkins told NBC Boston.
In a similarly grim tone, Boston 25 News reports that the local and state police were called to Second Street following a report of a pedestrian being hit. The responding officers began offering the woman medical aid, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. Not until her next of kin have been notified, the deceased woman’s name is being withheld.
Further details acquired from WCVB reveal that the deadly encounter involved an SUV near a Market Basket grocery store. Video footage showed the Subaru SUV with its rear up in the air, positioned atop the sidewalk and having taken down a sign. The woman was reportedly aiding a driver in learning how to operate the vehicle when the accident happened.
"I witnessed her partially under the SUV," Watkins, found standing nearby after the fatal incident, told WCVB. "I don't understand, you know, what happened." The police affirmed the driver of the involved vehicle remained at the crash site and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. Although the specifics of the crash are still being pieced together, the involvement of the Massachusetts State Police Accident Reconstruction Unit suggests a meticulous probe into every grim detail of that Chelsea evening.
