NORTH ATTLEBORO - A 62-year-old Hull man was killed by a vehicle Sunday morning while walking on Commonwealth Avenue diagonally across from Dyer-Lake Funeral Home, shutting down the busy road until late afternoon.
Police and firefighters responded to the accident shortly after 9:30 a.m.
The victim, later identified as Daniel Stober, was rushed to Sturdy Memorial Hospital, according to our partners at The Sun Chronicle. He was then med-flighted to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence where he pronounced dead at about 11:15 a.m., the Bristol County District Attorney’s office said.
Stephen Peterson reported in the front-page story the driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old Attleboro man, remained on scene and attempted to provide aid to the victim.
He was interviewed by police and was not placed under arrest, the DA’s office said.
The 2013 GMC Acadia ended up crashing into a utility pole after the pedestrian collision, heavily damaging the front end of the SUV and the pole.
State Police from the DA’s office responded, and police tap was put up around the accident scene.
North Attleborough Electric Department workers later replaced the utility pole. Both lanes of the road through the Falls section of town were reopened about 5:30 p.m.
The accident remains under investigation.
