PORTLAND, Maine — Police are investigating the death of a 58-year-old man who was killed early Saturday in an accident with a city dump truck.
The man was walking along outer Congress Street at 3:46 a.m. when Donald Penney hit him while driving a load of snow to be dropped in South Portland, a city spokeswoman said.
Local officials are withholding the identify of the dead man until his family can be notified, according to city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin.
Penny, 49, of South Portland, was driving a white 2005 Sterling dump truck and hit the man at the intersection of Congress Street at Blueberry Road, Grondin said.
Portland police ask anyone with information about the accident to call them at 207-874-8532 or 207-874-8575.
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