Truck Driver Acquitted in 2022 Littleton Pedestrian Death Case

After a seven-day trial that concluded this week, a Grafton Superior Court jury acquitted a Lancaster truck driver charged with striking and killing a pedestrian in Littleton in 2022. James A. Dingman, 45, who at the time was behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer hauling wood chips, had been charged with a Class B felony count of negligent homicide and a Class A misdemeanor count of vehicular assault for the Feb. 9, 2022, death of Ralph E. Porfido, 79, on Littleton’s Main Street. The incident occurred as Porfido was in the marked crosswalk and walking toward the public library across the street.