HOLYOKE, Mass. — Two people died when a vehicle driving on the wrong side of a Massachusetts highway crashed, state police said.
A vehicle with one occupant registered in New York heading north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 91 in Holyoke crashed into another vehicle at about 6 p.m. Sunday, police said in a statement.
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Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the second vehicle, registered in Connecticut, was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
The southbound lanes of the highway were closed for about three hours. The cause, including why the driver of the New York-registered vehicle was on the wrong side of the highway, remains under investigation.
No names were released.
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