The crash occurred Saturday afternoon near 1929 East Mountain Road.
WESTFIELD – A head-on crash Saturday afternoon on East Mountain Road has claimed the life of a 70-year-old city man.
William Brown, no street address immediately available, died at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, a spokesman said.
According to a police report on the crash, which occurred shortly after 4 p.m. near 1929 East Mountain Road, Brown was taken to Baystate with injuries that were described as non-life-threatening.
Two boys, ages 8 and 11, passengers in the second vehicle, were also taken to Baystate, said Traffic Officer Michael Gamache, who was not involved in the investigation. Their names and conditions were not immediately available.
The crash the marked the region’s second fatal head-on crash within a span of several days. Kathleen and Martin Tessier, of 15 Lawson Drive, Easthampton, were pronounced dead at Baystate Thursday afternoon after a head-on crash on Route 202 in Holyoke, police said.
The driver of the second vehicle in the Holyoke crash, Andrea Waldo, 23, of 25 Russell Road, Huntington, remained in fair condition Tuesday at Baystate, a spokesman said.
Gamache said the Westfield crash occurred as Brown, the driver and sole occupant of his 2000 Ford, drove north on East Mountain Road.
A second vehicle, driven by 37-year-old Longmeadow resident Dean Carbone, was driving south on East Mountain Road when it crossed into the northbound lane and struck Brown’s vehicle, Gamache said.
All of those involved in the crash were wearing seat belts or age-appropriate safety restraints, Gamache said.
Officer Seth Florek continues to probe the crash.
Holyoke said the Route 202 crash occurred as Waldo drove west on Route 202. A witness told investigators that Waldo’s vehicle swerved to the right and then to the left where it crossed the double line and crashed head on into the Tessiers’ vehicle.
The Holyoke accident is being investigated by local and state police and the district attorney’s office.