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Malden Car Wash Employee Dies After Being Struck By Car

MALDEN (CBS) -- Authorities say a 28-year-old Everett man who worked at a Malden car wash was struck and killed by a car leaving the business on Sunday morning.

Officers were called to Sonny's Car Wash on Eastern Avenue around 9 a.m., according to a statement released by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office late Sunday night.

Jose Tobias-Vallee was cleaning tires on another car when he was hit, investigators say.

He was taken to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

No one has been charged in connection with the accident.

Malden police, State Police, and OSHA are investigating the accident.

No additional details were immediately available.

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