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Pedestrian Killed By Portland Dump Truck

PORTLAND, Maine —  A pedestrian was killed in Portland as he walked along a section of Congress Street at Blueberry Road on Saturday.

Lt. Aaron Pepin with the Portland Police Department says a city-owned dump truck was carrying a load of removed snow when driver Donald Penney, 49 of South Portland, struck a 58 year old Portland man. 

The incident occurred early Saturday morning, shortly before 4:00 am. 

The man's identity is being withheld, and the incident is still under investigation.