GREAT BARRINGTON â Though an intersection is under scrutiny after a deadly wreck in December, public safety officials and residents say the junction, historically, has been safe. Changing or closing it would cause other problems, they say.
The Select Board, in a 4-1 vote Monday, decided to add signs marking the intersection of Lovers Lane and Route 7 as dangerous â but to not change traffic patterns for now.
Board member Leigh Davis voted ânoâ to only posting signs there because she wants left turns prohibited out of Lovers Lane onto Route 7 heading south.
âI just hope that you guys prove me wrong and we donât have another fatality,â she said.
Update On Two-Car Crash In Great Barrington
Ruth Houghton, 92, of Great Barrington died in a motor vehicle collision Monday afternoon.
Houghton was exiting Lovers Lane onto Stockbridge Road in a 2008 Subaru at approximately 2 p.m. and collided with a northbound 2008 Toyota Tundra driven by Samantha Kaye, 28, of Monterey.
Houghton died at the scene and Southern Berkshire Ambulance transported Kaye to Berkshire Medical Center.
Great Barrington Police, Fire, and EMS, State Police Lee Barracks, State Police Crime Scene Services Section, State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office responded to the scene.
Great Barrington Police, the Berkshire State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office, and Massachusetts State Police are conducting the investigation.
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