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1 killed after multi-car crash in Melrose

MELROSE, Mass. — One man is dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Melrose.

According to the Melrose Police Department, a man was loading landscape equipment into a trailer when a sedan crashed into him and the trailer, then hit an SUV before landing on its roof.

The three passengers inside the sedan were taken to area hospitals. Witnesses tell FOX25 it was a woman and two children inside the sedan.

The driver of the SUV was uninjured but the vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage.

The landscape worker died on the scene. He has not yet been identified.

The crash happened on Howard Street around 5:30 p.m., police are still working to determine the cause.