Kathleen and Martin Tessier were killed in the July 7 crash.
HOLYOKE - Police are seeking vehicular homicide charges against a Huntington woman after a July 7 head-on collision on Route 202 killed an Easthampton couple, a lieutenant said Tuesday.
Andrea E. Waldo, 23, of 25 Russell Road, Huntington, will be charged with two counts of vehicular homicide by negligent operation and one count of failure to stay in a marked lane if a Holyoke District Court clerk grants the police request. Waldo will be summoned to court for a show-cause hearing, Lt. Michael J. McCoy said.
Waldo was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer that struck a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu, killing Kathleen Tessier, 46, who was driving, and Martin Tessier, 47, both of 15 Lawson Drive, Easthampton, police said.
Alcohol and illegal drugs weren't factors in the accident, McCoy said.
Also, he said, the state police accident reconstruction team is still working on the case and it was unclear if Waldo and the Tessiers were wearing seat belts.
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.
This is a developing story; it will be updated later this evening.
