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Police have identified the man arrested in a crash that injured two people on I-91 as Julio Perez, 27, of Springfield.
Perez is being charged with operating under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and operating with a suspended license.
The initial crash happened just after 1 a.m. in I-91's northbound lane between exits 3 and 4 , according to a Massachusetts State Police official.
Officer Juan Taveras was off duty when he crashed into a tree near the corner of Maple and Union streets on Monday night, said Sgt. John Delaney, spokesman for Springfield police Commissioner William Fitchet.
Delaney said the 9:51 p.m. crash is being probed by the Police Department's Traffic Division, under the direction of Sgt. Stephen Wyszynski.
One of two people injured in a Sunday night car crash was in critical condition Monday morning at Baystate Medical Center, said Springfield police Officer Robert Kalin, the department's lead traffic-fatality investigator.
The Chevrolet sedan in which the pair was traveling sideswiped another vehicle before striking a home at 487 Bay St. at about 10:30 p.m., police said.
The Chevy's driver and passenger were both injured. However, the passenger, who was ejected from the car, is in "worse shape," said Kalin, a member of the Police Department's accident reconstruction team.
A 55-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car as she crossed Boston Road near Five Mile Pond just before 1 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
She was taken by ambulance to Baystate Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, said an aide to the Police Commissioner.
She was later identified as Zoraida Moctezuma.
She was hit crossing Boston Road near the Jiffy Lube at 1130 Boston Road, police said.
The vehicle that hit her was operated by a 60-year-old man. His name was also not released.