Woman Charged in Death of Pittsfield Pedestrian

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — An 84-year-old woman has been charged in the death of Shaloon Milord, who was struck by a car and killed crossing West Street near Dorothy Amos Park in January. 
 
Loraine Utter, of Pittsfield, was charged on Thursday in Central Berkshire District Court with negligent operation of a motor vehicle resulting in homicide. 
 
There is an additional civil charge of a crosswalk violation. A pretrial hearing is set for Aug 24.
 
Utter was released on personal recognizance with the condition that she not drive unless her license is re-instated.
 
A 2015 Toyota Yaris operated by Utter was traveling west on West Street in the 300 block on Jan. 30, when she struck two pedestrians, Milord and her 3-year-old daughter. 
 
Milord, 30, of Pittsfield, was taken to Berkshire Medical Center with serious injuries and died several days later. Her daughter, Lucia, was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries. 
 
Milord and her husband, Desire Peterson, had recently moved to the area with their daughter. 
 
Assistant District Attorney Joseph Yorlano is representing the commonwealth. Victim witness advocates are Director Jane Kibby-Peirce and advocate Carmen Guevara of the Berkshire District Attorney's Office.
 
The Pittsfield Police Department is the leading law enforcement on the case.  
 

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Truck Crashes Into Pittsfield's Samel's Deli

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

Elm Street will be partially closed as cleanup continues. 

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Wednesday morning was busy for Pittsfield first responders, as a pickup truck crashed into Samel's Deli & Catering and a fire broke out on First Street.

Around 9:45 a.m., the police reported that the street in front of Samel's Deli & Catering would be closed or down to one lane as a result of a two-car collision that sent the truck careening into the deli.

The department posted two photos on Facebook, one depicting the silver truck with New York license plates crashed through the glass of the front entrance and another of a white Honda CR-V with significant damage to the front end.

"A vehicle was coming out of one of the alleyways here and struck this truck, which continued into the building," Police Officer Craig Jones explained when iBerkshires arrived on the scene.

Jones reported that there was one injury but whether it was someone in the vehicles or in the deli. A crossing signal near Samel's front entrance was also taken out by the truck.

Around this time, crews worked to clear debris in front of the restaurant as the truck was towed away. That section of the road reopened around 11 a.m.

The police, firefighters and an ambulance responded to the accident and police intend to release a statement on the incident.

Around 6:15 a.m., the Fire Department reported that it had responded to a possible structure fire at 233-235 First St. Windows on all three floors of the multi-family building are now broken or boarded up and the cause is under investigation by the Fire Investigation Unit and investigators from the State Fire Marshal's Office.

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