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Western Mass Woman Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into Structure Under Overpass Western Mass Woman Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into Structure Under Overpass
Western Mass Woman Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into Structure Under Overpass A 59-year-old Western Mass woman died following a single-vehicle crash. Franklin County resident Brenda Louise Perrea, of Northfield, was killed around 3:15 p.m., Thursday, May 13, after her vehicle crashed into a cement abutment under the Interstate 91 overpass on Bernardston Road in Greenfield, said Laurie Loisel, spokeswoman for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. Police were summoned to the scene by a passerby who called 911 at 3:21 p.m., said Loisel.  Perrea was transported by ambulance to Baystate Franklin Medical Center, where she was pronounced&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
One Injured After Car Crashes Into Western Mass Store One Injured After Car Crashes Into Western Mass Store
One Injured After Car Crashes Into Western Mass Store A Western Massachusetts business is still closed a day after a vehicle crashed into the building causing major damage to the inside of the store. The incident took place in Hampden County at the Teddy Bear Pools & Spas at 41 East St., in Chicopee around Sunday, April 25, after the car crashed right into the building, leaving a hole and causing damage to the inside of the store, said Detective Donna Liszku of the Chicopee Police. The female driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the building, Liszku said.  The driver, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, was later arreste…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Rescued After Car Crashes Into Lake In Western Mass Man Rescued After Car Crashes Into Lake In Western Mass
Man Rescued After Car Crashes Into Lake In Western Mass All hands were on deck to help rescue a man whose vehicle crashed into a lake in Western Massachusetts. Berkshire County first responders in Great Barrington from the police and fire Departments, and Southern Berkshire Ambulance were dispatched to Lake Mansfield shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, where there was a report of a car submerged in the water. Officials said that fire personnel arrived at the scene and found a sedan floating approximately 15 feet in the lake with a single elderly man inside the car, behind the wheel. At the time first responders arrived, the car was …

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by Zak Failla