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Person believed killed in Chicopee crash as police shut road for hours

A stretch of Chicopee Street stayed closed overnight while police investigated. Few details, including who died, have been made public.

CHICOPEE, Mass. — One person is believed to have died in a crash on Chicopee Street in Chicopee on the night of Oct. 24, Western Mass News reported.

Emergency crews were sent to the 600 block of Chicopee Street at around 10 p.m., according to the station. Police closed the road between Grattan Street and Meadow Street during the investigation, and it reopened at about 2 a.m. Oct. 25, Western Mass News reported.

The station said it had reached out to the Chicopee Police Department seeking further details but had received no reply by the time its story went online. The account of the crash comes from that single outlet, and the death has not been confirmed in any police statement reviewed for this story.

The name, age and hometown of the person who died were not reported. Nor was it reported how many vehicles were involved, whether a pedestrian was struck, what caused the crash or whether anyone could face charges.

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