NASHUA, N.H. — An inmate who walked away from a transitional housing unit in Manchester, New Hampshire, was struck and killed by a Massachusetts driver in Nashua, according to New Hampshire State Police
Roland Labbe, 67, was walking on Everett Turnpike Southbound in Nashua Wednesday night when he was struck by Saly Kruth, 53, of Lowell, Mass. Labbe was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kruth was taken to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center for evaluation.
Officials said Labbe walked away from the Calumet House in Manchester on June 1 when he signed out of the house to search for employment. He failed to return later that day, prison officials said.
According to the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, the Calumet House is a minimum-security transitional housing unit for male inmates that provides re-entry planning services like resume and cover letter writing workshops and job interview skills.
Labbe was serving prison time for two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault involving a person under 18 years old.
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