Investigation Into Sheffield Triple Fatal Crash Continues

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SHEFFIELD, Mass. — State and local police are still investigating a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision that killed three and hospitalized five people Tuesday morning.
 
At approximately 5:30 a.m., a northbound Toyota Sienna minivan and a southbound Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck collided on Route 7 near Pike Road.
 
Three occupants of the Sienna, 27-year-old Prem Kumar Reddy Goda, 22-year-old Pavani Gullapally, and 22-year-old Sai Narasimha Patamsetti, died on scene. The State Police Detective Unit notified family members and designees of the decedents and the Consulate General of India in New York.
 
EMS transported four other occupants, 23-year-old Manoj Reddy Donda, 22-year-old Sridhar Reddy Chinthakunta, 23-year-old Vijith Reddy Gummala, and 22-year-old Hima Ishwarya Siddireddy, to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield for treatment. EMS transported the driver and sole occupant of the Silverado, 46-year-old Armando Bautista-Cruz, to Fairview Medical Center in Great Barrington for treatment.
 
Law enforcement identified the occupants of the Sienna as international college students, six studying at the University of New Haven in Connecticut and one at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. The operator of the Silverado lives in Sheffield.
 
The Sheffield Police Department and the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney's Office are investigating the circumstances of the collision and request that anyone with information contact detectives at 413-499-1112.
 
The Sheffield Police Department, Sheffield Fire Department, State Police Crime Scene Services Section, State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Berkshire District Attorney's Office, and multiple in-state and out-of-state EMS units responded to the scene.

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Elevated Mercury Level Found in Center Pond Fish

BECKET, Mass. — The state Department of Public Health has issued an advisory after a mercury-contaminated fish was found in Center Pond. 
 
According to a letter sent to the local Board of Health from the Division of Environmental Toxicology, Hazard Assessment and Prevention, elevated levels of mercury were measured in the sample taken from the pond. 
 
The concentration in the fish exceeded DPH's action level of 0.5 milligrams per kilogram, or parts per million. 
 
"This indicates that daily consumption of fish from the waterbody may pose a health concern. Therefore, DPH has issued a FCA for Center Pond recommending that sensitive populations should not eat chain pickerel and all other people should limit consumption of chain pickerel to 2 meals/month," the letter states.
 
The letter specifically points to chain pickerel, but the 60-acre pond also has largemouth and smallmouth bass and yellow perch.
 
The "sensitive populations" include children younger than 12, those who are nursing, pregnant, or who may become pregnant.
 
The Toxicology Division recommends reducing intake of "large, predatory fish" or fish that feed on the bottoms of waterbodies, such as largemouth bass and carp. More information on safely eating fish can be found here
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