DEERFIELD, MA (FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW) — A 17 year-old Hatfield teen has died after car accident in Deerfield Sunday. According to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, the teen was driving the vehicle that rolled over and struck a fire hydrant on Greenfield Road shortly before noon on Sunday morning.
A passenger in the vehicle was transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The accident is under investigation by the Deerfield Police Department along with State Police detectives attached to the Northwestern DA’s Office and State Police troopers with the Crime Scene Services Section and the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.
The Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.