Taunton man dies after being struck by truck

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A 32-year-old Taunton man hit by a truck while walking across a busy city street has died.

A spokesman for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston says Eric Morin was pronounced dead Thursday.

Police say Morin was struck at around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday when he stepped off the curb on the west side of Broadway and began walking toward East Broadway Street.

Lt. Paul Roderick tells the Taunton Daily Gazette ( http://bit.ly/MhcB8E ) that Morin, who was developmentally disabled, apparently pressed the pedestrian crossing button but didn't wait for the flashing yellow light to change before stepping off the curb.

The driver of the box truck is unlikely to face charges.