The man who was hit and killed by an MBTA train in Cohasset on Saturday morning has been identified.
John F. Canney, 78, of Cohasset, was identified by the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office as the man who was killed.
Canney was in a pickup truck at the Beechwood Street railroad crossing at around 11:20 a.m. on Saturday when he was struck by an MBTA commuter rail train, according to the Cohasset Police Department.
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Canney was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His truck — a 2015 GMC — was a total loss after the collision.
The incident is still under investigation as of Monday, the district attorney’s office said.
This is the second MBTA commuter rail crash in four days that has resulted in a fatality.
On Wednesday, April 30, a woman was killed after she drove an SUV onto Commuter Rail train tracks in Abington. The SUV collided with the train, according to authorities.
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