21-year-old dies after falling from pickup truck in Charlton

Authorities identified a 21-year-old man who died early Sunday morning after he fell from a pickup truck in Charlton.

Charlton police received reports that a man had fallen from a car on Strafford Street around 1:30 a.m., the department said. In the area, first responders located a pickup truck parked on the side of the road and the man, later identified by the Worcester County District Attorney’s office as 21-year-old Daniel Cleary of Charlton, suffering from serious injuries. Cleary was taken to the University of Massachusetts Medical Center-University Campus where he was pronounced dead. 

The initial investigation indicates that the pickup was traveling westbound on Strafford Street when Cleary fell from the car, according to police. The driver of the pickup stopped, called police, and remained at the scene.

The circumstances around Cleary’s fall remain under investigation, authorities said.

Dialynn Dwyer

Dialynn Dwyer is a reporter and editor at Boston.com, covering breaking and local news across Boston and New England.

 

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