UPDATE: Pittsfield Crash Sends Three to BMC with Serious Injuries
UPDATE, 4:16 p.m., Wednesday: police have released the names of the three Pittsfield men involved in Tuesday's accident.
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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