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Police Continuing Investigation Of Fatal Western Mass Crash

Authorities are continuing investigating a motor vehicle crash in Western Mass that left one man dead.

A Hampden County man was killed and a Worcester woman seriously injured during a two-vehicle crash.

A Hampden County man was killed and a Worcester woman seriously injured during a two-vehicle crash.

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The crash took place at 2:15 p.m., Saturday, May 15, in Hampshire County when a motorcycle traveling west on Route 9 collided with a motor vehicle traveling eastbound in Belchertown, just west of the Ware town line, said the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.

The motor vehicle was engaged in a turn when the collision occurred, the DA's Office said.

The operator of a 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle, Hampden County resident Niles Robbins, age 46, of Wales, was transported to Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, where he later died, police said.

The passenger of the motorcycle, a 52-year-old Worcester County woman from Charlton was Life-Flighted to UMass Medical Center in Worcester with serious injuries. 

Neither the operator of the motor vehicle nor the lone passenger was injured in the collision.  Both parties remained on the scene and cooperated with the investigation. 

 The incident remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.

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