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78-Year-Old Man ID'd As Pedestrian Killed In Wakefield Crash

Police have identified the 78-year-old man who was hit and killed by a car pulling out of a driveway in Wakefield earlier this week. 

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Joseph Dow, 78, of Wakefield, was hit on Wednesday, Aug. 21, by a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E along Water Street, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said. 

Paramedics rushed Dow to  Melrose/Wakefield Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. 

The driver, a 38-year-old woman, remained at the scene. 

The crash remains under investigation. 

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