Sunday, Jan. 6, 2018

For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-742-3299
Email: ben@jgpr.net

East Bridgewater Police and Fire Respond after Pedestrian is Struck by Vehicle

EAST BRIDGEWATER — Police Chief Scott Allen and Fire Chief Timothy M. Harhen report that the East Bridgewater Police and Fire Departments responded last evening after a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle.

Rescuers responded at 8:37 p.m. to a location on Harvard Street. Upon arrival, they found a man in the roadway who had been struck by a vehicle.  The victim, a 66-year-old Whitman resident, was taken to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth and was later transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with serious injuries.

The motorist, a 47-year-old West Bridgewater woman operating a 2017 Nissan Altima, remained at the scene.

The incident is under investigation by the East Bridgewater Police Department.

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