Police investigate fatal crash in Greenfield

May 14, 2020 For Immediate Release     

Northwestern District Attorney’s Office Press Release

Contact: Laurie Loisel, NWDA Director of Communication and Outreach, 413-374-7604

 GREENFIELD– A 59-year-old Northfield woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Bernardston Road (Route 5) in Greenfield on Thursday, May 13, around 3:15 p.m.

Brenda Louise Perrea, DOB 11/20/1961, of Main Street, Northfield, died after her vehicle crashed into a cement abutment under the Interstate 91 overpass on Bernardston Road. Police were summoned to the scene by a passerby who called 911 at 3:21 p.m.

Perrea was transported by ambulance to Baystate Franklin Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m.

Greenfield Police and Massachusetts State Police in cooperation with the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office are investigating the crash.

The official cause of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

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