The crash killed the man, who was a passenger in a sedan that collided with a pickup truck.
AMHERST – A 92-year-old Easthampton man was killed in a two-car car crash in Amherst shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Bay Road and South East Street and is under investigation by Amherst and state police. An Amherst police spokesman would not say if any citations or charges might be issued in connection with the crash.
“We will not be issuing any more information,” he said, declining further comment.
The deceased man has yet to be identified, pending notification of his family.
Authorities said the 92-year-old was a passenger in a Toyota Camry that collided with a Chevrolet 3500 pickup truck. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
The Camry was southbound on South East Street, while the pickup was eastbound on Bay Road.
The driver of the Camry was seriously injured and taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton for treatment, according to Mary Carey, communications director for Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan.
Officials declined to identify that driver or the pickup's driver, who was uninjured in the crash.
Carey said it's standard protocol for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office to handle information for fatal collisions.
No further information was available.
Thursday's road fatality in Amherst was the second deadly motor vehicle crash in as many days in the Pioneer Valley.
Antoinette Stark, 78, of 330 Rock Valley Road, Holyoke, died from injuries sustained in a three-car collision on Route 20 around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. She was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, according to Westfield police.
Three others, including the driver of the sedan in which Stark was a passenger, were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately known Thursday evening.