Pittsfield Crash Sends Three to BMC with Serious Injuries
Three occupants in a Dodge pickup were taken BMC after the truck collided with a tree on South Street in Pittsifeld.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Three people were seriously injured when a pickup truck they were riding in collided with a tree on South Street. Police responded to the one-vehicle crash at around 4 p.m. on Tuesday near the intersection of Broad Street. The extend cab Dodge was traveling south when it collided with a tree on the right side of its lane.
Sgt. Marc Maddalena reported that there were three occupants in the pickup who were all sent to Berkshire Medical Center with serious injuries. According to police, none of the occupants were children.
The soundbound lane was closed to traffic at first but was opened around 4:15 and the breakdown lane was coned off while police investigated the scene.
The front end of the vehicle sustained extensive damage, the airbags deployed and the passenger side appeared to take the brunt of the impact.
Around the time of the accident, the city was experiencing freezing rain.
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