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Fatal Accident in North Adams Closes Massachusetts Ave
Update at 11:20 p.m., Oct. 16: Police have identified the victim in Friday's fatal crash as Anthony Corsi, 62, of North Adams.
Corsi was eastbound in a 2010 Rav 4 when it collided with a 2005 GMC utility truck driven Matthew Reynolds, 29, also of North Adams. Reynolds and three minor children who were passengers in the truck were taken by North Adams Ambulance to the Berkshire Medical Center Emergency Facility in North Adams. Their condition was not known.
The accident occurred at about 3:25 p.m. near 541 Massachusetts Ave. North Adams Fire and Police also responded to the scene and Clarksburg Police assisted with control of the scene. The accident is still under investigation.
The road was reopened at about 8 p.m. Traffic was detoured over Route 2, causing backups during the evening rush hour.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A head-on collision resulted in a fatality on Friday afternoon. Police are withholding the name of the man killed pending notification of kin.
The crash occurred at about 4 p.m. on Massachusetts Avenue Extension, in the "dip" at the top of the hill, when an eastbound car collided with a westbound truck carrying an adult and three children.
Lt. William Baker said preliminary investigation indicated the car veered into the westbound lane, striking the truck.
The truck's passengers were taken to the Berkshire Medical Center Emergency Facility in North Adams. Baker said he did not know the extent of their injuries but that they did not appear to be serious.
The car had only the male driver.
Both vehicles sustained extensive front-end damage.
The road was blocked between Brown Street and Roberts Drive for about an hour, when the blockade on the east end was moved to just past Tyler Street. Traffic was backed up along Route 2 during the rush hour traffic.
The state police accident reconstruction team arrived shortly after 5 p.m. and the road was expected to be closed for at least a couple hours.
