Egremont Woman Killed in Crash; Driver Charged
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Amanda M. Parsons, 25, was pronounced dead at the scene after the 2005 Dodge Neon she was riding hit a tree and caught on fire.
According to state police assigned to the Lee barracks, the Neon's driver, Norman R. Pelletier, 35, of Great Barrington was driving erratically when Sheffield Police tried to stop him. The Neon continued down Millers Avenue, where Pelletier failed to negotiate a turn and the car went off the road, hitting the tree.
The accident occurred at about 2:30 a.m. and state police were called to the scene. The preliminary investigation was by Trooper Thomas O'Brien.
Pelletier suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries and was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.
State police charged Pelletier with felony motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of alcohol. He remains hospitalized at Berkshire Medical Center and will be arraigned once the court and his physicians determine his condition so allows.
The facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation by Troop B with the assistance of the state police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction and Crime Scene Services sections, the Berkshire County district attorney's office and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Sheffield Fire and police departments assisted troopers at the scene.
