Crime & Safety
Police Interviewing Truck Driver Suspected of Hitting Bicyclist
An MIT scientist was killed on Sunday when her bicycle collided with a truck, police say.
Police believe they have found the truck driver who is suspected to have hit and killed an MIT scientist Kanako Miura while on her bike, but say the driver was not aware that he had hit anybody, the Boston Herald reported on Monday.
Boston Police tweeted on Monday afternoon that "the driver of the truck is talking to detectives and cooperating with the investigation."
Police said no charges have been pressed, and the driver's identity has not been released.
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had been working at MIT for the last several months as a visiting scientist. She was killed in a bike accident on Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Beacon Street and Charlesgate West near Kenmore Square.
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