A girl was killed on the Massachusetts Turnpike after she was struck by a vehicle in the breakdown lane on Sunday evening in Upton, according to police.
According to state police, two vehicles were westbound traveling to New York together, a 2011 Toyota Camry and a 1999 Jeep Wrangler.
The Jeep became disabled with a flat tire around 6 p.m. and both vehicles pulled into the left-most breakdown lane, with the Toyota in front.
The driver of the Camry, a 33-year-old man from New Carrollton, Maryland, got out of the vehicle to help the driver of the Jeep, a New York man, change the tire.
The man's daughter also got out of the Camry and stood behind it.
At that time, a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe pulling a trailer holding a motorcycle was in the left-most travel lane. Preliminary investigation suggests the driver of the Tahoe, a 41-year-old Conway, New Hampshire, man, swerved into the breakdown lane to avoid a collision after traffic slowed down.
The driver swerved in between the Jeep and the Camry, noticed the Camry in front of him, but couldn't stop in time, striking the girl.
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She was transported to the UMass Medical Center in Worcester, where she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead.
A 1-year-old girl was also in the Camry at the time of the crash, but was not injured. She was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
The incident remains under investigation.
