Two dead after man, 82, drives wrong way in Agawam, police say

By Globe Staff

Two people were killed and a juvenile suffered serious injuries Sunday night when an 82-year-old man driving the wrong way on Route 57 in Agawam hit another car head-on, State Police said.

Burdette Rounds was driving a 1993 Lincoln sedan east in the westbound lanes at 9 p.m. when he crashed into a 1995 Mitsubishi hatchback driven by Cinthya Alejandro, 33, of Enfield, Conn.

Rounds of Springfield was pronounced dead at the scene. Alejandro and a juvenile passenger in the Mitsubishi suffered serious injuries and were rushed to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Alejandro died. Police did not release the condition of the juvenile, who was not identified.

The crash remains under investigation.

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