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Massachusetts State Police troopers in Franklin County responded to the rollover crash on Route 91 south in Bernardston shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4, which resulted in the death of a passenger.
Police said that upon arrival, troopers found Flushing resident Oscar Lemus, age 32, ejected from a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder that had crashed and rolled over into the median.
First responders attempted life-saving measures, but Lemus was pronounced dead after being transported to the Baystate/Franklin Medical Center.
The investigation found that the driver, a 54-year-old Queens woman was driving the Nissan on a flat tire before losing control and rolling over into the median.
She and another passenger, a 57-year-old man from Flushing, were also transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by Troop B of the Massachusetts State Police, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Franklin County Detectives, and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section.
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