17-year-old boy on bike killed when struck by car on First Street in Webster, Massachusetts
17-year-old dies in Webster bicycle crash
Dispatchers from the South Worcester County Communications Center were alerted to a collision between a car and bicycle in the area of 21 First Street around 4:07 p.m.
Boy killed in Webster crash had recently turned 17, was on bike when he was struck by car, police say
Given his age, police did not release the boy’s name. The department called the crash a “tragedy.”
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