By KENNEDY GRIFFIN
(Ashfield, MA) A 53 year-old woman from North Carolina was pronounced dead on the scene of a two vehicle accident on Route 116 in Ashfield Saturday evening. The accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Route 116 and Pleasant Street. The 22 year-old male driver of the second vehicle was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation after Massachusetts State Troopers, the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Northwestern DA’s Detective Unit, and Plainfield and Ashfield first responders all reported to the accident.