June 9, 2021 10:44 am
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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WLNE)- Two people have died as a result of a two car crash in Chicopee on Tuesday night.
Tiana Vega, 20, and John Burkott, 28, both of Springfield, died as a result of the crash.
Police say that both drivers passed a car driving in the middle lane and then moved back. Vega went to shift back into the left lane and lost control of her car and crashed into Burkott.
The crash caused both cars to veer off the highway and into the wooded tree line.
Vega crashed into at least two trees, Burkott struck just one.
CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) Two people have died in a crash on Interstate 391 in Chicopee, state police said in a statement Wednesday. The two-vehicle crash occurred in the southbound lanes at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release. According to the preliminary investigation, an Acura MDX and a Kia Soul both moved from the middle lane of the highway to the left lane to pass another vehicle. They both moved back to the middle lane, but.