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Charges considered in fatal accident

FLORIDA -- Charges may be pending in the Friday morning crash on Route 2 that claimed the lives of a Hubbardston couple.
David C. Estabrook, Jr., 41, and his wife, Joan F. Estabrook, 53, were both pronounced dead following the crash.

As of Sunday afternoon no charges had yet been filed against Timothy D. Lowell, 32, of Eden Mills, Vt., whose car police said crossed the center line and struck the Estabrooks' 2005 Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was westbound on Route 2, a quarter-mile west of the Eastern Summit store.

According to a preliminary investigation by Trooper David Hathaway of the Cheshire barracks, the Estabrooks were thrown from the motorcycle at the time of the crash. Both were wearing helmets.

David Estabrook was airlifted to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where he was pronounced dead. Joan Estabrook was transported to North Adams Regional Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Lowell was treated at NARH for minor injuries.

The crash is under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.

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