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New York resident Joseph Russell Thomas II, 52, was struck and killed on I-95 in Baltimore County at approximately 7:20 a.m. in White Marsh, officials announced.
According to investigators on the morning of the fatal incident, troopers from the Maryland State Police JFK Memorial Highway Barrack responded to I-95 South in White Marsh for a report of a pedestrian struck on the side of the roadway.
Officials say that a tractor-trailer was parked on the right shoulder of I-95, and Thomas, who was wearing a fluorescent vest, attempted to assist another truck driver with connecting his tractor-trailer to his truck.
At the same time, investigators said that a 2007 BMW 328i crossed the solid white line, struck the tractor-trailer, and Thomas, who was transported by paramedics to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, and later pronounced dead from his injuries sustained in the crash.
The crash led to a partial closure of I-95 south for several hours, officials noted.
The incident remains under investigation.
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