August 14, 2025 – Springfield, Massachusetts – Massachusetts State Police troopers responded to a serious crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck on I-91 North at the .8-mile marker in Longmeadow at 8:47 p.m. on August 12.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2023 Ford Maverick pickup truck, traveling southbound in construction-related traffic, used an emergency turnaround to make a U-turn into the northbound lane. The pickup truck, occupied by two individuals, was struck by a northbound motorcycle that was unable to avoid the collision.

A Hampden District Attorney’s Office State Police Detective Unit trooper who was en route to a detail arrived on scene moments after the crash and attempted life-saving measures, including CPR, on the motorcycle operator. Additional troopers and emergency personnel, including Longmeadow Fire Department, arrived to assist. The operator was pronounced deceased on scene.

Both occupants of the pickup truck were transported to Baystate Medical Center.

Multiple witnesses confirmed that the pickup made a U-turn in the emergency turnaround. The crash remains under active investigation by the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, as well as the DA’s Motor Vehicle Homicide Unit.

Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni expresses his condolences to the victim’s family.