Woman Hit By Truck In Harvard Square Dies

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harvard Square is back open after it was closed to traffic for more than seven hours following a fatal crash near the Out of Town News shop. Police said a truck driver hit a woman in her 60s when she was trying to cross the street in the busy intersection just before 7 a.m. She was taken to a hospital, but died shortly after.

The district attorney said the preliminary investigation indicated she was not in a crosswalk.

"The truck involved in the crash was a Waltham Lumber boom truck that was delivering sheet rock," said Cambridge police spokesperson Jeremy Warnick. "The driver is cooperating as the crash investigation is ongoing."

For more than seven hours after the crash, officers were rerouting drivers away from the area. Bus routes 66 and 86 were detoured as well.

Police have not yet released the woman's name.

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