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Pittsfield Woman Killed, Motorcyclist Husband Hurt In Crash With SUV In Charlemont
A 72-year-old woman was killed and her 69-year-old husband was seriously injured after they were involved in a crash with an SUV in Franklin County, authorities said.
Sheila Rombeiro, of Pittsfield, was on the back of her husband's motorcycle when it was involved in a crash on Route 2 in Charlemont on Sunday, Sept. 1, around 5 p.m., Northwestern District Attorney said. Paramedics rushed her to Baystate Franklin Medical Center, where she later died of her wounds.
Sheila leaves behind two adult children.
Her husband, Robert Rombeiro, of Pittsfield, was seriously injured in…
Mercer County Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said.
Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston.
Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead.
The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…
Suspect Arrested In Death Of Western Mass Pedestrian, DA's Office Says
Police have arrested a Western Mass man in connection with a crash that killed a pedestrian.
The Franklin County crash, which killed a 45-year-old Shelburne Falls resident, took place around 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 8, along Route 2 in Shelburne, said Laurie Loisel, with the Northwestern District Attorney's Office.
According to Loisel, the pedestrian, who was walking along Route 2 with a companion was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police arrested a 51-year-old Northampton man in connection with the crash.
The victim and the suspect will be identified pending arraignment.&n…
So Far, No Cause Found For Fatal Crash On Route 2
Police are investigating an inexplicable, fatal single-car crash on Route 2 Monday, Nov. 16.
On Tuesday around 10 p.m., Massachusetts State Troopers responded to a report that a vehicle had struck an abutment of the Otter River Road Bridge along Route 2 in Templeton, police said.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2103 Mazda 3 sedan was traveling east on Route 2 when, for reasons still under investigation, the car drove off the roadway to the left and struck the concrete structure supporting the bridge, police said.
The driver, a 36-year-old man from Athol, was pronounced dead at …
Homicide Charge Filed Against Surviving Driver In Fatal Crash
Charges have been filed against the surviving driver in a fatal two-car crash on Route 2 in early October.
The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Oct. 21, that George Cortina, 62, of Turners Falls, is being charged with crimes connected to the Oct. 4 accident on Route 2 in Greenfield that left Jonathan Rohrs, 41, of Acton, and his dog dead.
Cortina is to be arraigned on Monday, Oct. 26. He is being charged with:
- Motor vehicle homicide;
- Operating under the influence of drugs causing serious bodily injury;
- Operating under the influence of drugs, second offense…
