Middlesex County DA: Statement On Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash In Malden

Press release from the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office:

March 8, 2021 - 5:49pm

MALDEN – Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Malden Police have confirmed an investigation into a fatal motor vehicle crash where an 86-year-old Malden woman has died.

Today at approximately 1:38 p.m., the victim was walking on the sidewalk when she was struck on Hunting Street in the area of Salem Street in Malden. Preliminary investigation suggests the operator of a Toyota RAV4, a man in his 20s, had been in the vehicle on the property of the auto body shop located across the street when the vehicle crashed through the door of the shop and traveled across the street before striking the woman. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the vehicle remained on the scene and was transported to an area hospital. The identity of the victim is being withheld at this time pending next of kin notification.

This is an open and ongoing investigation being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Malden Police and the Massachusetts State Police Crash Analysis and Reconstruction Section (CARS).

This press release was produced by the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office. The views expressed here are the author’s own.