Northfield House Hit By Car, No Injuries Reported

By Franklin County Now November 15, 2021 2:08 pm

By CHRIS COLLINS and JULIE CUNNINGHAM

(Northfield, MA) — A Warwick woman escaped injury after her car struck a house Monday morning in Northfield. Police say the woman appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel just prior to the her car leaving the road and hitting the Millers Falls Road home at about 10:30 am. The home’s owner and two children were in the house at the time of the accident. They were not hurt.

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