NEW SALEM – Two people were killed and several others were injured in a three-car crash on Route 202 in New Salem on Friday.
Laurie Loisel, spokeswoman for the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, said the 89-year-old driver and a 74-year-old passenger of one vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Both were Gardner residents.
Loisel said a driver of another vehicle was airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with serious injuries, while several occupants of other vehicles were taken to Athol Memorial Hospital for treatment.