Woman, 18, killed in hit-and-run in Lancaster

By Globe Staff

State Police are searching today for the driver of a tractor-trailer who fled the scene of an accident overnight on Route 2 in Lancaster where an 18-year-old was killed and a 15-year-old was left injured in an overturned Jeep.

Ashley Foley was driving a 1994 Jeep Cherokee at 10:40 p.m. when the front passenger's side was struck by the back of the tractor-trailer, State Police said in a press release. The Jeep, which had been heading west, rolled over. The tractor-trailer kept on moving.

Foley, of Hubbardston, was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, but was trapped inside the Jeep, State Police said. She died at the scene. Her passenger, a 15-year-old girl whom police did not identify because of her age, was also wearing a seat belt. She was taken by ambulance to Leominster Hospital with minor injuries.

The truck involved in the crash was described by State Police as a light-red tractor lugging a white trailer equipped with many lights. The trailer may have damage on the middle or rear of the driver’s side. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who has information about the tractor-trailer is asked to contact the State Police Leominster Barracks at 978-537-2188.

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