A man is dead following a car accident in Deerfield Monday morning.
According to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office Spokesperson Mary Carey, the single car accident happened at 4:40 a.m. when the car caught fire after colliding with a telephone pole on Lower Road.
Carey said the driver of the car was taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Deerfield, where he died.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by the Deerfield Police, the Massachusetts State Police Detectives Unit attached to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.
