28-year-old and 57-year-old Massachusetts women die in separate weekend car crashes

Authorities are continuing to investigate unrelated weekend crashes that left two women dead.

According to the District Attorney’s Office, a 28-year-old Granby woman died Saturday, July 1, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision that took place around 1:15 a.m. on Pleasant Street in Granby.

The crash occurred near the intersection of Pleasant and Barton streets when a Jeep Grand Cherokee traveling northbound on Pleasant street lost control, crossed into the southbound lane, rolled over and struck a Lexus SUV. The female passenger from the Cherokee was transported by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield where she was pronounced dead. Her identity is not being released pending notification of next of kin.

The driver of the Cherokee, a 30-year-old Granby man, was transported to Baystate Medical Center for treatment of what investigators said were non-life-threatening injuries; and the driver of the Lexus, a 74-year-old Springfield man, was taken to Holyoke Medical Center for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The intersection of Pleasant Street and Barton Street was shut down for about eight hours as police investigated, and workers attended to damaged telephone poles and downed power lines.

Granby Police, State Police Detectives assigned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, troopers with the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the Crime Scene Services Section are investigating the crash. No charges have been filed. The crash remains under investigation.

The second crash occurred on Route 2 near Barton Cove around 4 p.m. Friday, June 30, leaving 57-year-old Athol resident Tracy Matthews dead. She was the operator of a vehicle involved in a two-car collision.

Investigators say a Mazda MX5 Miata convertible traveling westbound on Route 2 crossed into the eastbound lane, striking head-on a Chevrolet Cobalt sedan driven by Tracy Matthews.

Matthews was transported by ambulance to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, where she was pronounced dead. Two others involved in the collision, a 63-year-old Needham man who was driving the Miata, and the passenger in Matthews’ car each were also transported to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Matthews was being remembered as a loving and caring person with a big heart.

State Police Detectives assigned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, troopers with the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the Crime Scene Services Section responded to the scene and are continuing their investigation. No charges have been filed.