US EditionRetired Gloucester Firefighter Dies After Being Struck by Police Cruiser Near UMass Lowell
Daniel Kennedy, a retired fire lieutenant and Marine veteran, died from injuries after being struck by a Lowell police cruiser while walking near UMass Lowell, authorities said.
- The Middlesex District Attorney's Office said Daniel Kennedy, 60, of Billerica, died at Lahey Hospital on Wednesday night after being struck by a Lowell police cruiser near UMass Lowell last week.
- A former Gloucester Fire Department lieutenant re-enrolled at UMass Lowell after retirement to study veteran mental health, as he was a U.S. Marine Corps Desert Storm veteran, authorities said.
- Preliminary investigators say a marked Lowell police cruiser struck the pedestrian on Wilder Street around 6:20 p.m.; the officer was taken to Lowell General Hospital with minor injuries, and a backpack believed to be the pedestrian's lay in the roadway.
- Gloucester Firefighters Local 762 mourned Kennedy on Thursday, calling it `shocked and devastated,` while UMass Lowell offered counseling to students after the crash.
- Investigators say it remains unclear whether the Lowell Police Department officer will face charges or discipline, as the Middlesex District Attorney's Office and Massachusetts State Police continue examining the scene.
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Retired Gloucester fire lieutenant dies six days after being struck by police cruiser in Lowell - The Boston Globe
Daniel Kennedy, 60, of Billerica, was a Marine Corps veteran who had re-enrolled at UMass Lowell hoping to one day work with veterans suffering from mental health issues.
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Boston HeraldUMass Lowell student struck by police cruiser last week dies from injuries
LOWELL — The pedestrian struck by a Lowell Police cruiser on Wilder Street on UMass Lowell’s South Campus last week died from his injuries on Wednesday night. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said in a press release on Thursday that the man was 60-year-old Daniel Kennedy, a Billerica resident, a retired Gloucester Fire Department lieutenant and a student at UMass Lowell. His colleagues at the Gloucester Fire Department said Kennedy was a…
Retired Gloucester firefighter dies after being hit by Lowell police cruiser
Daniel Kennedy, 60, of Billerica, was struck by the Lowell police cruiser while he was walking northbound on Wilder Street near the UMass Lowell campus, where he had recently re-enrolled as a student, last Thursday evening, the DA says.
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