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Three occupants in a Dodge pickup were taken BMC after the truck collided with a tree on South Street in Pittsfield.

UPDATE: Pittsfield Crash Sends Three to BMC with Serious Injuries

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
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UPDATE, 4:16 p.m., Wednesday: police have released the names of the three Pittsfield men involved in Tuesday's accident.

Anthony W. Nichols, 40, who was driving the truck, was transferred to Baystate Medical Center in serious condition.
 
The other two passengers are at BMC: Gregory Prince, 54, is listed in fair condition and Robert O'Bert, 60, is in good condition. 
 
The accident remains under investigation.
 
The council set a pole hearing for National Grid for Jan. 23. 

UPDATE: Around 3:40 p.m., Pittsfield Police, County Ambulance, and Action Ambulance responded to the area of 241 South St. for a reported single motor vehicle crash.

A 2004 Dodge Dakota occupied by three men was traveling northbound in the 240 block, left the roadway to the right, and collided with a tree at the southwest intersection of South and Broad Streets. The occupants were freed by the Pittsfield Fire Department by mechanical means.

Both northbound lanes of South Street were closed from Crofut to Broad Street for about a half hour and the right northbound lane was closed for about 90 minutes while the crash was investigated.

The names of the occupants are not being released until family members are notified.

Weather did not appear to be a factor, police say, as the crash occurred just before the beginning of the precipitation.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or have information concerning it is asked to contact Officer Michael Silver at 413-448-9700, Ext. 596.

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 north when it collided with a tree on the right side of its lane.

Lt. 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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ADOPTED! Companion Corner: Cali and Kyzer at Berkshire Humane Society

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Great news, Kyzer and Cali found a home for Christmas already! Still looking for a new friend for the holidays? There are plenty of dogs and cats and small animals at Berkshire Humane who would love to go home with you.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There's a bonded dog pair awaiting a new family at the Berkshire Humane Society.

Kyzer and Cali are both poodles. Kyzer is the male and is 7 years old, a quite a bit bigger than his sister Cali, who is a miniature of Kyzer and 8 years old.

Canine adoption counselor Rhonda Cyr introduced us to the two.

"They came from a household that couldn't hold on to them, and it sounds like they may have been abandoned by their previous owner with somebody else, and so they came to us looking for a new home," she said.

The two love to be around you and snuggle. But both are very happy dogs.

"Kyzer is 7 years old, and his personality is that he kind of wants to be in everything. He's very loving, very snuggly, as you can tell. And Callie here, she's 8 years old, and she is kind of like the life of the party," said Cyr. "She wants to tell you everything about her day, and she's a little bit of a little ham."

The two are considered seniors and really like soft treats as Cali just had a few teeth removed and Kyzer has a tooth procedure coming up.

"Currently, they really like soft treats, because they are both on the senior side of things. So they have had some dental work, so they are really in need of something softer. They are not big chewers at this age, really, their main focus right now is just really socializing and cuddling," Cyr said.

The two would love a quiet home with someone who wants to snuggle. They shouldn't go to a home with bigger dogs but if you have a dog, you can bring them in for a visitation with the poodles to see if they will get along. Cats will be fine and the preference is for older and more responsible children so that the pups don't get hurt, as they are senior citizens.

"The perfect home for them would be a quiet home that's not too active. Like I said, they're very social, so they could handle some visitors," she said. "They're very friendly, but I don't think that they would really enjoy any other dogs in the home."

Poodles need to be regularly groomed, and the prospective adopter will have to keep an eye on their health. Kyzer has a heart murmur that needs to be monitored. This doesn't mean he is in bad health, as he could live a perfectly normal life, but he will need to be checked by a veterinary specialist routinely.

"Ideally, he would go to a home that could provide further health care with a specialist in cardiac care. And you know, he could very well live out the rest of his life comfortably and happy," Cyr said. "We just don't have all that information at the moment, but I think that you know the way he's going right now. He's got a good spirit, and he seems to be pretty happy."

The shelter is hoping the to get them a home for the holidays.

"We would love to get them a home in time for the holidays. They've been here since the eighth of November, and they're really, really looking as much as the staff loves them here, we're really looking to get them into a home and somewhere nice and cozy so they can spend the rest of their life together," she said.

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