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CENTERVILLE — A male pedestrian was walking in the middle of Route 28 when he was killed early this morning after being hit by a Barnstable police cruiser that was en route to a call, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

The crash occurred at around 2 a.m. on Route 28 between Phinney’s Lane and West Main Street, said Barnstable police Sgt. Jason Laber. The state police said the crash happened in the area of 1358 Falmouth Road.

The driver of the police cruiser was brought to Cape Cod Hospital with minor injuries, Laber said.

The road between Phinney’s Lane and West Main Street was temporarily blocked off but has since been reopened.

The crash is being investigated by Massachusetts State Police and Barnstable police, Laber said.

The state police sent troopers from the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and Crime Scene Services Section to assist in the investigation, according to a statement from Dave Procopio, spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police.

Procopio said in the release that the Barnstable officer, who has not been identified, was responding to a call for service with the cruiser's lights and siren activated when the pedestrian was struck in the middle of Route 28.

Porcopio said the crash reconstruction will take several weeks to complete. He added that the state police is not the primary investigating agency but is assisting the Barnstable Police Department in its investigation.