Reports said the rollover left every northbound lane of I-91 and the left southbound lane closed. The Greenfield Recorder, citing a MassDOT traffic advisory, reported that northbound drivers were directed onto Routes 5 and 10 at Exit 30 and could rejoin I-91 at Interchange 36.
Massachusetts State Police told Western Mass News that troopers were called at about 3:20 p.m. Thursday to a single-vehicle rollover near mile marker 32.6 on northbound I-91 in Whately. The driver died. WWLP reported that the vehicle caught fire and Deerfield firefighters responded.
A separate three-vehicle collision was reported farther south on northbound I-91, near mile marker 29.2. WWLP reported that State Police received notice of it at about 4:11 p.m.; injuries were reported and all three vehicles were towed. The reports do not establish whether that collision was connected to the fatal rollover.
What remains unknown
The rollover is still under investigation, and the circumstances that led to it have not been disclosed, according to MassLive. Western Mass News reported that the driver's identity had not been released.
