Woman Killed in Salem was Resident of Homeless Shelter

Salem Police have identified the 44-year-old woman killed by a teenage driver in an accident just after midnight on Sunday, according to a report by the Eagle Tribune.

Edith Hamilton, 44, a resident of the Emmaus Shelter in Haverhill, Mass., was walking home from her job at Sears in the Mall at Rockingham Park. She was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Richard Canales, 19, of Methuen, Mass, according to the report.

In a press release, Salem Police said Hamilton sustained life-threatening injuries and was unconscious at the scene, although they did not reveal her identity until

The woman was transported to Lawrence General Hospital, where she was evaluated and was subsequently transported by helicopter to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston with serious internal injuries.

She later succumbed to her injuries at Brigham and Women's.

Police said that Canales stopped at the scene to provide assistance to Hamilton before emergency medical personnel arrived.