MADAWASKA — Police in Madawaska are investigating a fatal crash in which an 88-year-old man was struck and killed by a car.

Reginald Boucher of Madawaska was killed in the crash on Dec. 7. The car was driven by Sesie Young, 38, also of Madawaska.

Boucher was walking across Main Street at the time of the crash. The Bicycle Coalition of Maine, which monitors crash reports involving bicyclists and pedestrians, said it is following the investigation.

The coalition said Boucher’s death was the 15th fatality of the year involving a person walking or on a bike in Maine. It also said that last year a record of 19 people were killed on Maine’s roadways while walking.

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