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September 7, 2007

Update: Pedestrian fatally hit by truck was 89

CRANSTON -- The pedestrian struck and killed by a dump truck this morning has been identified as an 89-year-old Cranston man.

His name has not been disclosed.

The accident at the intersection of Atwood Avenue and Randall Street happened about 10:38 a.m. There is a stoplight at the intersection in question, but the police are investigating whether the driver ran a red light or not.

The victim, whose identity is being withheld until notification of next of kin, was crossing Atwood Avenue from east to west when he was struck by a truck traveling south. The accident occurred “in the vicinity of the crosswalk” at the intersection, according to the police.

-- Journal staff writer David Scharfenberg

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