Massachusetts police search for driver in fatal hit-and-run

Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts police were searching on Monday for a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian as he attempted to cross a busy highway north of Boston late on Sunday.

The victim of the crash, which occurred in Saugus, was not immediately identified, but the Massachusetts State Police described him as 33 years old and from New York. The driver was in a red vehicle, police said.

(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Mohammad Zargham)