Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA)
GOSHEN, MA – Two area residents injured in a two-car accident here Tuesday night remained hospitalized in fair condition yesterday.
Joan Fox, 63, of the Florence section of Northampton taken by ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton after the 6:42 p.m. accident at the intersection of Route 9 and South Main Street, while Philip Brooks, 83, of Conway was flown by Lifeflight helicopter to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
Both were passengers in a 1997 Dodge Stratus driven by David Brooks, 53, of Conway, according to state police.
Brooks was driving east on Route 9, when a westbound 1988 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Joshua Magdalenski, 17, of Goshen, attempted to turn onto South Main Street and collided with him, police said in a prepared statement.
David Brooks and Magdalenski were both treated and released at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
Police from Goshen, Cummington and Williamsburg, as well as several area fire departments, first-response teams and state police responded to the accident.
Magdalenski is being charged with failure to yield when turning and with operating to endanger, state police said yesterday.