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Conn. Men Killed in Fatal Sandisfield Crash

Staff reports - August 15, 2008
iBerkshires

Article updated at 11:30 p.m. with the names of the deceased and updated information.

SANDISFIELD — Three Connecticut men were killed early Friday afternoon in a four-car crash on Route 8, according to state police.

This is the second deadly crash in less than 24 hours on Route 8. Thursday night, Valerie A. Senger, 49, of Pittsfield was killed in Cheshire when the bicycle she was riding was struck by a Subaru driven by a Cheshire woman.

The Friday crashes occurred after the driver of a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer apparently lost control of the vehicle near the entrance of Colebrook Reservoir at about 1:10 p.m. and hit a sports car and pickup truck, according to a preliminary investigation by Trooper John V. Zielinski of the Lee barracks.

The Blazer was being driven southbound by Derek Martinez, 33, of Waterbury, Conn., when it crossed the double-yellow line into the northbound lane and sideswiped the driver's side of a 2006 Jaguar operated by 45-year-old Michael Goldstein of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. The Blazer continued into the northbound lane and collided head-on with a 1993 Chevrolet pickup truck, driven by Robert Bailey, 64, of Thomaston, Conn.

Both drivers and the passenger in the pickup, Gerald Williams, 67, also Thomaston, sustained fatal injuries and were declared dead at the scene.


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A fourth vehicle, a BMW, was traveling behind the pickup; the driver, Douglas Taylor of Southington, Conn., was able to avoid the truck but collided with the Blazer,. Neither Goldstein nor Taylor, 43, were injured in the crash.

Route 8 was closed for 6 1/2 hours from Route 57 to the Connecticut border for an investigation and to clear the scene.

The crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the Berkshire County district attorney's office and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. The Sandisfield Police and Fire departments, ermergency medical services, the Connecticut State Police, MassHighway, and the medical examiner's office assisted troopers at the scene.

No further information was immediately available.
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