*By Kim Ring TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF* *<http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=reader_comments&article_ID=912170623&WT_article_headline=Pedestrian%20is%20killed%20on%20Route%2020%20-%20%20-%202nd%20car%20may%20have%20grazed%20victim> * <http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/3906/3/0/%2a/c%3B220363032%3B0-0%3B0%3B43113918%3B4307-300/250%3B34498744/34516622/1%3Bu%3D%2Cq1-17602811_1261086665%2C110e7bee4a0b93c%2Cauto%2Ccm.food_L-cm.ent_L-q1.auto_L-q1.sports_L-q1.food_L-q1.sci_L-q1.ent_L%3B%7Eaopt%3D0/ff/18/ff%3B%7Efdr%3D220572536%3B0-0%3B1%3B44346589%3B4307-300/250%3B34361328/34379206/1%3Bu%3D%2Cq1-17602811_1261086665%2C110e7bee4a0b93c%2Cauto%2Ccm.food_L-cm.ent_L-q1.auto_L-q1.sports_L-q1.food_L-q1.sci_L-q1.ent_L%3B%7Eaopt%3D2/1/18/0%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://dailywish.amexnetwork.com/default.aspx?cid=dailywish-oladisp-generic-01> <http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=162o8uhd4/M=600456323.600470516.404862402.403683654/D=ncnws/S=2022775850:LREC/Y=PARTNER_US/L=3bae19f8-eb56-11de-9b94-0fbb45f75951/B=NHhdDUS0qUo-/J=1261086646875978/K=rafByozc8TlHWjVrxROPtw/EXP=1261093846/A=1738870776370424182/R=0/X=2/SIG=12vknlc8d/*http://a.collective-media.net/jump/q1.worcester/home;kw=amex;sz=300x250;ord=1261086646875978?> *CHARLTON* — A local man was killed last night when he was struck by a car as he attempted to cross the westbound lanes of Route 20 on foot near Northside Road about 7:15 p.m. Police said a second car may have grazed Chan W. Colby, 44, of Northside Road, Charlton, after he was hit by an Infiniti I35 in the left lane of the highway. Mr. Colby was likely walking home when he was hit, police said. The poorly lighted stretch has a 50 mph speed limit and no sidewalks. Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene. Sgt. Graham S. Maxfield said a preliminary investigation has ruled out speed as a factor, and police will await the results of an autopsy before completing their investigation. The Infiniti, driven by 38-year-old Daniel Muroki of Worcester, had damage to the front end. Police said a second driver’s car may have grazed Mr. Colby while he was in the roadway. State police accident reconstruction team members were investigating last night. Both drivers stopped and were very shaken up, police said. Neither was injured. “It’s tragic,” Sgt. Maxfield said. “It appears to be a tragic accident.” The accident closed the westbound side of the roadway for about 2-1/2 hours. Police said they do not know where Mr. Colby was coming from or if he regularly walked on the highway. They believe he had crossed the two eastbound lanes of traffic. Sgt. Maxfield said Route 20 is a dangerous stretch of road and that there have been several fatal accidents in the towns along the highway, including Charlton, though he cannot remember any recent pedestrian accidents. Mr. Colby is the son of the late M. Wayne Colby Jr., who was a Charlton selectman when he died in 1997. -- Alice Colby Volkert www.volkertservices.com skype Alice.Volkert In God We Trust