PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Jeep Wrangler flipped over in the Coltsville intersection on Sunday after being struck by a police cruiser. The Jeep's occupants and an officer were taken to Berkshire Medical Center with minor injuries.  

 

Officer Matthew Ahern was trying to maneuver through the intersection on his way to a reported disturbance on Cheshire Road when the accident occurred, according to Lt. Marc Maddalena. 

 

Ahern was using lights and intermittent sirens as he drove north from Merrill Road into the intersection, Maddalena wrote in a press release. 

 

The 2023 Jeep, driven by Kimberly Gaylord, 57, of Peru, was spun around and flipped on its side. Gaylord and her two grandchildren who were in the vehicle were take to BMC for minor injuries and released. 

 

Ahern was also taken to BMC and later released. Officer Edward Pezze, a passenger in the cruiser, did not go to the hospital.

 

Part of the intersection was closed for about an hour for the vehicles to be removed and the roadway cleared of debris. 

 

Maddalena is in charge of the investigation. Any witnesses are asked to contact him at the Traffic Unit at 413-448-9700, Ext. 575.