A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Barnstable police cruiser early Sunday morning. A police spokesperson confirmed that an adult male was hit while walking in the road on Route 28 in the Centerville section of Barnstable at about 2 a.m. The officer was responding to a call with lights and siren activated and a civilian car pulled off to the right to get out of the way. Moments later, state police said the cruiser hit the man, who was walking on the double-yellow line in the center of the road. The pedestrian was not in a designated crosswalk, state police said. Red paint left behind by the collision analysis and reconstruction team marks dots the road and crosses the center lines. The officer who was driving the cruiser was taken to the hospital to be treated for glass in his eye, according to police. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash is under investigation by the Barnstable Police Department and Massachusetts State Police.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Barnstable police cruiser early Sunday morning.

A police spokesperson confirmed that an adult male was hit while walking in the road on Route 28 in the Centerville section of Barnstable at about 2 a.m.


The officer was responding to a call with lights and siren activated and a civilian car pulled off to the right to get out of the way. Moments later, state police said the cruiser hit the man, who was walking on the double-yellow line in the center of the road.

The pedestrian was not in a designated crosswalk, state police said. Red paint left behind by the collision analysis and reconstruction team marks dots the road and crosses the center lines.

The officer who was driving the cruiser was taken to the hospital to be treated for glass in his eye, according to police. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.



The crash is under investigation by the Barnstable Police Department and Massachusetts State Police.