By Owen Boss
Staff Writer
CUMMINGTON - An elderly couple from Dalton died Monday after the car they were traveling in veered off Route 9 and struck a rock ledge, police said.
According to Police Chief Dennis Forgea, at 3:10 p.m., local police responded to an area about three-quarters of a mile west of where Route 9 intersects with Route 112 for a report that two motorists, who were traveling east, were badly injured and trapped inside their vehicle.
Forgea said it took emergency responders about 15 minutes to free the couple from the car using hydraulic cutting gear before they were rushed by Highland Ambulance to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where they eventually died from their injuries.
Forgea declined to identify the victims because he was still trying to reach their family members Monday night.
No other motorists were injured as a result of the accident and the cause of the one-car crash is being investigated by a state police accident reconstruction team, Forgea said.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com
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