Fatal crash in South Deerfield

Just before 5 a.m. Friday, Deerfield Police, South Deerfield Fire Department and South County EMS, responded to a single vehicle crash at the intersection of Mill Village Road and Lee Road.  The operator had been ejected from the vehicle and was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield where he was pronounced deceased.  

He has been identified as Cole Baranoski, 18, of South Deerfield.  There were two passengers in the vehicle, both of whom were transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.  One passenger has since been released, while the other remains at the hospital in stable condition. 

The crash remains under investigation by the Deerfield Police Department and the State Police Detective Unit attached to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.