Toll collector Bill Pappas, 61, hit and killed by pickup near Auburn toll plaza on Mass Pike in Auburn, Massachusetts

Police said a Massachusetts Turnpike toll collector has been struck and killed by a vehicle near the Auburn toll plaza. The toll collector was taken to UMass Medical Center in Worcester where he was pronounced dead. The driver of a 2010 Toyota Tacoma, a 31-year-old Charlton man, drive through an EZ-Pass lane, striking the toll collector as he was walking across the EZ-Pass lane, state police said. The 61-year-old worker from Holden was struck just after midnight Friday. The vehicle involved was stopped at the scene.

A toll worker was struck and killed early Friday morning on the Massachusetts Turnpike police confirm. Massachusetts State Police say the worker was struck at Interchange 10 near the Auburn toll booth just after midnight. The victim was taken to UMass Worcester, where they were pronounced dead. There are no charges at this point and the incident is under investigation.

A man was struck and killed by a pickup truck at a Massachusetts Turnpike toll booth early Friday morning. His name has not been released and police did not know if he was a toll booth worker. State Police say the 61-year-old man was hit by a Toyota Tacoma near the toll booth at exit 10 in Auburn just after midnight. He was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester where he died. He has not been charged at this point in the investigation.