A pedestrian was killed in Peterborough crash

A pedestrian was killed after being struck be a vehicle on Route 202/Hancock Road on Friday.

"The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Hancock Road in front of South Meadow School," Police Chief Scott Guinard said Friday night.

Police believe they know the identity of the victim, an adult male, Guinard said, but still need to confirm his identify and notify family members.

"We're still trying to locate family," Guinard said.

Peter Blais, 34, of Concord was the driver of the vehicle, Guinard said.

Guinard did not know the make and model of the vehicle, but said more information would be released as the investigation into the accident continued.

Blais was traveling northbound when he struck the victim, he said.

The victim was dead when police arrived on scene, he said.

Guinard said it is not known if the victim was in the northbound lane when he was struck.

The N.H. State Police Technical Accident Reconstruction Team responded to the scene to assist with the investigation.

Route 202 remained closed while the scene was reconstructed and evidence was gathered.

Shortly after 10 p.m. Peterborough Police Capt. Ernest Belletete, who was on scene directing traffic around the scene through a detour through the South Meadow School parking lot, said the investigation of the scene had concluded and police were waiting for the hearse to arrive to take the body away and for a tow truck for the vehicle.

The road reopened around 10:30 p.m., four hours after the accident.