A man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on I-95 in Maine early Friday morning.
Maine State Police said shortly after 4 a.m. that they were at the scene of a fatal crash and had closed the I-95 off-ramp at Exit 132 southbound in Fairfield as they investigated.
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In an update shortly after 6 a.m., they said they received a 911 call around 3:37 a.m. saying a tractor-trailer had hit a pedestrian. Preliminary investigation determined that 49-year-old Mark Michaud, of Fairfield, was struck and killed by the tractor-trailer while he was attempting to cross the off-ramp of Exit 132.
No charges have been filed against the tractor-trailer driver, a 19-year-old from Milford, Maine.
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Maine State Police analyzed the scene and inspected the tractor-trailer unit. The crash remains under investigation.
The exit ramp that had been closed during the investigation has since reopened.