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Boston Police Search For Driver In Fatal Hit And Run In Charlestown

CHARLESTOWN (CBS) - Boston Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a person in Charlestown overnight.

Police are now searching for a white Ford F150 with plywood fencing on the truck bed. The truck may have damage to the front driver's side bumper, grill and headlight. The truck was last seen entering the rotary in the area of Broadway and Main streets in Everett.

Officers were called to Alford Street, which is also Route 99, just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday and found an adult male dead. He has not been identified.

The area is not far from the Everett town line and the Encore Boston Harbor casino.

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Police shut down part of Alford Street as they searched for evidence early Friday. (WBZ-TV)

Anyone with information can call Boston Police Homicide Detectives at 617-343-4470.

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