HAVERHILL, Massachusetts — Massachusetts State Police have identified the truck driver who died Tuesday night after he fell and struck his head while adjusting his load on Interstate 495 as Wayne Barnes, 43, of Dyer Brook.
The incident happened in the breakdown lane on the north side of the highway. The driver of a Massachusetts Department of Transportation help van found Barnes and called 911 at 6:15 p.m. Barnes was brought to Lawrence General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The same driver stopped to help Barnes shortly before the incident on the Andover section of the highway, state police said. Barnes was driving a Peterbilt tractor-trailer that was carrying a load of paver bricks, according to Trooper Paul Sullivan, spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police.
The incident remains under investigation by the Massachusetts 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.
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