The accident claimed the lives of Kathleen and Martin Tessier, of 15 Lawson Drive, Easthampton.
HOLYOKE – Police are still investigating a head-on collision traffic accident that killed a man and woman on Route 202 on July 7, Police Chief James M. Neiswanger said Tuesday.
The accident took the lives of Kathleen and Martin Tessier, of 15 Lawson Drive, Easthampton. Kathleen Tessier was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu, police said.
The driver of the second vehicle, Andrea Waldo, 23, of 25 Russell Road, Huntington, was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with injuries that weren’t life-threatening, police said. She was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer.
Neiswanger said no details would be released until the investigation was done and it was unclear when that would be.
The late-afternoon accident 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 into the Tessiers’ vehicle, police said.
The accident occured west of Homestead Avenue on the stretch of Route 202 between the Ashley and McLean reservoirs, police said.