A person was killed in a crash involving a regional 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.
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.
"Our hearts breaking for the friends and family of the individual who was struck and killed today," she said.
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State police were investigating what happened, Tibbits-Nutt said.
NBC10 Boston has reached out to the Essex County District Attorney's Office for more information.
