88-Year-Old Florida Woman Killed in Mass. Crash

Lenox police announced Thursday that Nancy Goessel of Naples, Florida, died

An 88-year-old Florida woman has been killed and her husband seriously injured in a violent rollover crash in western Massachusetts. 

Lenox police announced Thursday that Nancy Goessel of Naples, Florida, died at a hospital an hour and a half after the crash shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday. 

Police tell The Berkshire Eagle that 88-year-old William Goessel was driving when he swerved into oncoming traffic and struck an SUV, sideswiped a parked car, and struck a third vehicle. Goessel's car then flipped onto its roof on a bank's lawn. 

A woman and an infant in one of the other vehicles were treated and released from the hospital. 

William Goessel remained hospitalized as of Thursday. 

The crash remains under investigation.

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