Capital Region Trucker Killed Retrieving Item From Highway In Western Mass.

A 36-year-old New York trucker was killed Friday morning, Aug. 16, when he climbed out of his cab after a small accident in Massachusetts before another truck crashed into him, authorities said.

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Josh Lanier

08/16/2024 7:30 p.m.

In Hampden County, Nicholas Charles, a resident of Mechanicville in Saratoga County was struck just after 9:45 a.m. near mile marker 33 of Route 90 in Blandford, Massachusetts State Police said.

Police says Charles had struck a guardrail and noticed something had come dislodged from his truck, authorities said. A second truck crashed into him as he went to retrieve the item.

Charles had struck a guardrail in the initial crash, and no other vehicles were involved. , police said.

The 69-year-old Canadian who was driving the second truck stayed at the scene and was not injured, police said.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash.

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