A cement truck hit and killed a man in a wheelchair on a street under Interstate 93 in South Boston on Tuesday morning, police said.
The man was identified Wednesday as Fernando Pizarro, a 57-year-old who'd previously lived at a homeless shelter in Boston.
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Friends of the man said he'd been asking for spare change when he was hit by the truck, which police confirmed Wednesday.
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The incident took place about 10:11 a.m. near the intersection of Frontage Road and Traveler Street, Massachusetts State Police said. (They initially gave the location as Frontage Road and West 4th Street.) The location is underneath an elevated section of I-93 just south of downtown Boston.
The cement truck, owned by Boston Sand and Gravel, stayed at the scene, and the driver, a 53-year-old from Medford who was taken to a hospital with possible minor injuries, was not facing charges as of Wednesday, when police said there was no evidence the driver was impaired or distracted.
State police were continuing to investigate what happened.
The ramp to Albany Street was closed during the investigation, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
