Police Identify Pedestrian Killed in Saturday Crash

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Seventy-two-year-old James P. Conlon of Boston was killed Saturday after he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Old Westford Road and the Drum Hill Traffic Square in Chelmsford.

According to police, Conlon, who was using a wheelchair, was struck by a passing pickup truck as he crossed the street at about 3 p.m. Saturday.

Emergency responders requested a medical helicopter, but that request was canceled after Conlon’s condition was deemed too unstable for the trip. He was instead taken by ambulance to Lowell General Hospital where he died at about 5 p.m. as a result of his injuries.

Conlon had been visiting family in Chelmsford at the time of the crash.

According to police, a preliminary investigation revealed that Conlon appeared to have been in a crosswalk when he was struck, but it remains unknown whether he had the “safe to cross” light.

The driver of the Ford pickup that struck Conlon was a 45-year-old man from Hudson, N.H. who cooperated with police. Alcohol and drugs are not suspected and no charges have been filed at this time.

The crash remains under investigation by the Chelmsford Police Department and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office