ID Released For Woman, 53, Killed In Western Mass Crash

Authorities have identified a 53-year-old woman who died in a two-car crash in Western Massachusetts over the weekend as Rebecca Whitehead of Winston-Salem, NC.

Pleasant Street and Route 116 in Ashfield.
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David Cifarelli

09/14/2022 3:09 p.m.

The Franklin County crash happened in Ashfield at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Route 116 around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said.

Whitehead died at the scene of the crash around 6:10 p.m., the office continued. No one else in her vehicle.

The driver of the other vehicle involved, a 22-year-old man from East Longmeadow, was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the office said. No other injuries were reported.

The crash is under investigation.

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