HAVERHILL, Massachusetts — A 43-year-old truck driver from Maine suffered a fatal injury while adjusting the load on his vehicle Tuesday evening, Massachusetts State Police said.
The driver fell and struck his head while the truck was in the breakdown lane on the northbound lane of Interstate 495, state police said. The driver of a help van found the driver at 6:15 p.m. and called 911.
The help van driver told state police he had stopped to help the same driver fix the load in the Andover section of the highway. The truck driver was brought to Lawrence General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
State police did not release the truck driver’s identity, pending notification of family. The incident remains under investigation with assistance from the State Police Crime Scene Services and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement sections, detectives assigned to the Essex District Attorney’s Office and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
State troopers were assisted at the scene of the incident by Haverhill police officers and firefighters.
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