UPDATE: Pedestrian, Driver Hospitalized After Pittsfield Crash

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Updated on 110/7/2023: According to police, Noor Khan Zadran passed away Monday evening as a result of his injuries.
 
No charges have been filed as of this time and the case remains under investigation by Officer Gallagher of the Pittsfield Police Department.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Pittsfield woman and a pedestrian she struck are hospitalized after several crashes on Friday afternoon, said police. 
 
Police said Judith Daly, 85, was driving a 2007 Hyundai Sonata northbound on Central Berkshire Boulevard and had just entered Pittsfield from Richmond when the first collision occurred. 
 
As the vehicle proceeded northbound, it struck a pedestrian, Noor Khan Zadran, 26, from Albany, N.Y.
 
Police, Fire and the Action Ambulance responded to the pedestrian crash at 101 Central Boulevard at 3:32 p.m.
 
After striking the pedestrian, the Daly continued to West Housatonic Street and proceeded east and was involved in a second crash with a 2019 GMC pickup truck operated by David Turner, 58, of Hancock at the west intersection with Lebanon Avenue. After this second crash, the Hyundai left the roadway and collided with a tree in the rear of 1500 West Housatonic St.
 
As a result of these incidents, Zadran was transported to Berkshire Medical Center and later taken by life flight to Albany Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition. Daly was also taken by ambulance to Berkshire Medical Center for serious injuries. 
 
No other injuries were reported.
 
This incident remains under investigation by Officer Brandon Gallagher of the Traffic Unit. Any witnesses are asked to contact him at 413-448-9700, Ext. 549.

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ServiceNet Warming Center Hosted 126 People This Winter

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

ServiceNet manages the warming shelter next to the church. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — ServiceNet's warming center has provided more than heat to unhoused individuals over the last four months and will run to the end of April.

It opened on Dec. 1 in the First United Methodist Church's dining area, next to ServiceNet's 40-bed shelter The Pearl. The agency has seen 126 individuals utilize the warming center and provided some case management to regulars.

While this winter was a success, they are already considering next winter.

"I've been on this committee many years now. There's probably only a few months out of the year that I don't talk about winter, so I'm always trying to plan for next winter," Erin Forbush, ServiceNet's director of shelter and housing, told the Homelessness Advisory Committee on Wednesday.

"We are in this winter and I'm already thinking what's going to happen next winter because I want to be really clear, winter shelter is never a given. We don't have this built into the state budget. It's not built into our budget, so there is always trying to figure out where we get money, and then where do we go with winter shelter."

She pointed out that warming centers are "very different" from shelters, which have a bed. The warming center is set up like a dining room, open from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., and folks are welcome to stay for breakfast.

"We are asking people to come in, get warm, be out of the elements," Forbush explained.

The warming center will close on April 30.

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