State police investigating the crash didn’t expect to be able to release the woman’s name until at least Monday.
8-5-12 Springfield firefighters work the accident scene in front of exit 2-A westbound on I-291. Two sets of hydrolic tools were needed to extricate a female passenger from the Ford Explorer on its side.
Springfield Fire Department photo by Dennis Leger
SPRINGFIELD – A 34-year-old Springfield woman was killed in a three-car crash on Interstate 291 at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
State police investigating the crash didn’t expect to be able to release the woman’s name until at least Monday.
The woman was a passenger in a 2001 Ford Explorer. The driver of the Explorer, a 41-year-old male from Springfield was transported to Baystate Medical Center with minor injuries. Two young passengers in the Explorer were uninjured, but went to Baystate as a precaution.
The crash occurred westbound near the ramp onto Interstate 91 Southbound, troopers said. The crash was not weather related, according to a Trooper.
No charges have been filed at this time and the facts and circumstances of the crash remain under investigation.
The highway was closed for several hours.