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Pedestrian Struck on Pittsfield's West Housatonic Street
By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
02:42PM / Thursday, December 08, 2016

Both the driver and the pedestrian were taken to Berkshire Medical Center.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A pedestrian was struck by a car in front of Clapp Park on Thursday afternoon.
 
Police say an elderly man was walking on the sidewalk around 12:30 p.m. when a westbound vehicle went off the road, crashed into a sign, knocked down a utility pole, and hit him. The pedestrian was taken to Berkshire Medical Center with "serious injuries" and the driver was transported there with non-life threatening injuries.
 
"The operator was a gentleman who was transferred to BMC with what I would say non-life threatening injuries. Unfortunately, the elderly gentleman had serious injuries. I don't know if they were life-threatening but it was serious," said Police Lt. Michael Maddalena.
 
The reason why the driver veered off the road is currently unknown and police had not released the names of those involved when this was published.
 
The crash caused the closure of West Housatonic Street from Center to South Merriam for more than 90 minutes.The utility pole had fallen into the roadway and had to be removed. 
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