Heidi Folsom, 56, dies when struck by pickup on George Washington Boulevard in Hingham, Massachusetts
Pedestrian fatally hit by truck near courthouse
The Hingham Police Department said that the 56-year-old Bridgewater woman was struck at about 11:14 a.m. Monday in front of the Hingham District Courthouse.
Police say she was hit by a Ford F350 truck traveling north on George Washington Boulevard. The names of the victim and the driver, a 23-year-old Hingham man, haven’t been released.
Bridgewater woman, 56, killed in crash near Hingham courthouse
Hingham Police got a 911 call at 11:15 a.m. for a report of a pedestrian struck in the roadway in front of the courthouse at 28 George Washington Boulevard.
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