State Police Investigate Fatal Crash on West Street in Goshen

Today at approximately 01:40 a.m. troopers assigned to the State Police Barracks in Northampton responded to a single vehicle crash on West Street in Goshen that resulted in one fatality.

Preliminary investigation by Trooper Tyler Larocco indicates that 25 year old Edward Roberts of Goshen was operating a 2007 Dodge pick-up in the area of 73 West Street when he lost control of the vehicle causing it to roll over. It then continued on into a wooded area where the motor vehicle came to rest on its roof. The operator was taken by medical helicopter to Bay State Medical Center with serious injuries. The passenger a 15 year-old male was pronounced deceased at the scene. Neither party appears to have been wearing their safety belts at the time of the crash.

The crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Service Section. The Goshen Fire and Police Department the Plainville Police Department, and the Williamsburg Fire Department assisted Troopers at the scene. The roadway was closed for approximately 4 hours.

No further information is available at this time. Please do not call the barracks directly.

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