Gloucester man hit by train dies after rescue effort

By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent

Gloucester Police are investigating the death of a 47-year-old Gloucester man killed by an MBTA commuter train at about 10:15 p.m. yesterday.

Jeffrey P. Tupper was struck and killed near the Route 128 overpass in Gloucester, said Gloucester Police Lieutenant Thomas G. Williams.

The train dragged Tupper for several yards before stopping.

“The train hit him and pushed him along the track,” Williams said. “At some point the train came to rest and he was pinned under the wheel, but he was still alive. At [that] point it was a rescue.”

Gloucester police and fire officials pulled Tupper from under the train and drove him on a police all-terrain vehicle to Route 128. He was then taken by ambulance to Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester.

Tupper died of his injuries shortly after arriving at the hospital.