A person was killed by a regional commuter bus at a Massachusetts community college in Haverhill on Wednesday, officials said.
The crash took place at Northern Essex Community College about 8:40 a.m., according to Haverhill police. They initially said a pedestrian received life-threatening injuries.
The bus hit the pedestrian, who was male, near a stop on Elliott Street, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. The person, who wasn't identified, was rushed to Holy Family Hospital and was found to have died.
A MeVa bus was being investigated at the scene, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation confirmed a bus on the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority's Route 17 was involved, along with a pedestrian. Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt said in a statement that the crash left a person dead.
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"Our hearts breaking for the friends and family of the individual who was struck and killed today," she said.
State and local police were investigating what happened, prosecutors said.
