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“At approximately 1:00 a.m. yesterday, Troopers assigned to State Police-Springfield responded to reports of a crash involving two vehicles on Route 291 eastbound at the 5.0 mile marker in Chicopee.
Troopers arrived on scene where they found a party involved in the crash with serious life-threatening injuries and began CPR, and subsequently utilized an AED. Francisco Flores, 41, of Springfield. was determined to be deceased at the scene. The conditions of any other parties involved in the crash are unknown at this time.
The crash remains actively under investigation by Troop B of the Massachusetts State Police with assistance from the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, Hampden County State Police Detective Unit, State Police Crime Scene Services Section, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Troopers were assisted on scene with traffic control by MassDOT. The right lane of the highway was closed for the duration of the investigation.
