Source: Deadly hit-and-run victim identified in East Boston –…
Found on: 2022-06-10 09:56:00
Police have identified the victim of a deadly hit-and-run in East Boston last month as they continue to search for the driver who fled the scene.
Alan Martel, 58, of East Boston, was rushed to the ICU with life-threatening injuries on May 12, the night of the accident. He died May 26, Boston police said Friday.
Neighbors identify the victim as “Alan,” a local taxi driver.
Martel was walking in the area of 19 Bennington St. shortly before midnight when he was struck by a driver in an SUV that did not stop.
No arrests have been made. The investigation is ongoing.
A friend of the victim, Billy Travalgia, told NBC10 Boston the next day that Martel worked with him as a driver for a taxi service.
“He’s a good friend,” Travalgia said last month. He said he only found out about the accident when he received a call to come to work the morning after the accident.
“My boss called me and told me that Alan, who is a liveried driver like me, was hit by a car crossing the street and on his way to our office,” he said.
Surveillance video showed the moments just before Martel was struck.
No further information was immediately available.