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North Adams Police Investigating Hit & Run
Staff Reports,
03:16PM / Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Police are picking up debris at the scene of a hit-and-run on West Main Street to determine the make and model of the car.


 

Above is an image of a 2013 Ford Explorer similar to the sport utility vehicle believed involved in Wednesday's accident. Police say the suspect SUV could a 2016-17 model and has damage to its passenger side.
Update on Feb. 9, 2017: North Adams Police posted on Facebook on Thursday afternoon that a vehicle and driver suspected in Wednesday's hit-and-run on West Main Street have been found. 
 
According to police, a vehicle was located "displaying damage consistent with the accident" and impounded. An individual was also taken into custody. The investigation is still active and statement said that there would be no further details immediately released. 
 
The incident sent a man who had been shoveling snow near the roadway to the hospital in Pittsfield with injuries.
 
"We would first like to thank the general public for your assistance with your numerous tips," police wrote. Authorities had reached out to the public for help in locating the vehicle, which was found within 24 hours. 

 


Update: North Adams Police say the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run Wednesday afternoon is a late-model black Ford Explorer Limited. The vehicle is missing its passengers side mirror and would have sustained significant damage to the passenger side.


If you have any information that may assist in finding the operator of this vehicle, please contact Officer P. Kelly or Officer A. Zoito at the North Adams Police Department.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Police are investigating a hit-and-run on West Main Street that injured a man who was at the side of the road.

The accident occurred at about 1:30 Wednesday afternoon when police responded to a report of a pedestrian struck near Hill Side Cemetery, around 295 West Main St.

"We have not identified the vehicle at this time but we are working on it," Sgt. James Burdick said at the scene.

Burdick said the man was shoveling near the edge of the roadway and was hit by a westbound car.

According to scanner reports, the vehicle was described as a small, dark-colored car with damage on its right side.

Burdick said police are trying to identify the make, model and year of the vehicle.

"We are going to pick up every one of these tiny pieces of car left behind and it is going to be like a giant jigsaw puzzle," he said, looking over debris left by the vehicle. "We will put it all together and find the make, model and year of the car and we go from there."

Burdick said the victim was first transported to Berkshire Medical Center's North Adams campus and then by ambulance to the main hospital in Pittsfield.

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