SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) – State Police have identified the woman killed in an three car accident Sunday afternoon.
Around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, troopers responded to a three car accident on the off-ramp from Interstate 291 West to I-91 North.
One of the cars involved was a 2001 Ford Explorer, driven by a 41-year-old man from Springfield.
A female passenger in the car died as a result of the crash. State Police have identified her as 34-year-old Evelyn Sanchez of Springfield.
The driver of the Explorer was taken to Baystate with minor injuries.
Two juveniles on-board did not appear hurt, but were also taken to Baystate as a precaution.
The ramp from I-291 west to 91 southbound was closed for about four hours while investigators worked to reconstruct the accident.
State Police will be closing the ramp again Tuesday around 4:30 a.m. for three hours. Investigators will return to the scene to continue their investigation.
Traffic during Tuesday morning’s closure will be diverted onto 91 north.
The accident remains under investigation by Mass. State Police.
awwww so sad my prayers goes to the victim family and friends
people need to slow down on 291 the speed limit is 55 then goes to 45 when ya pass armory st exit and im sure the road conditions sucked due to the weather and I am not stating that speed was a factor but people drive excessively down any road now
This is very sad.
I saw the aftermath. It was bad. It probably happened when it was downpouring
I drove by it there’s was a truck with a pop up tent trailer involved and a maxima and the car that flipped the pop up tent had dents all over it and the maxima was up on the hill wow so sad
Some great humanity today we saw this happen in front of us on the highway, everyone stopped to help and attempt to get the car upright, scary and my prayers to the family but it was amazing to see all the people who stopped to help!
i drove by it
Prayers go out to the family!
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people are so ****in stupid getting on 291! they don’t know the difference between a YIELD SIGN and a STOP SIGN!!
Kidding me? Ramp closed… I will need to go through there at 5 am…Really? There’s nothing there to see now…sad that it had to happen but I’m surprised there aren’t more deaths on 291 daily. People go 80 or more where it slows down getting into I-91 …