North Adams Man Killed Working on Car

04:34PM / Tuesday, January 07, 2025Print Story | Email Story

Flowers left outside Klipper Kingz on Eagle Street on Tuesday for owner Christopher Barton.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A local barber and musician was killed Sunday when he was pinned by a car he was working on.

The District Attorney's office confirmed that the victim was Christopher Barton, 51, who was working on the vehicle on steep Bradley Street when it rolled forward and over him.

Police and firefighters responded at about 8 p.m. according to scanner reports and were able to lift the vehicle high enough to pull him out and start CPR. He died at the hospital.

Barton was the owner of Klipper Kingz Barber Co., which opened on historic Eagle Street in 2009 in the former Norm's Barbershop.

Originally from Houston, Barton also was a rapper who performed under the name Bigzdaking.

His Facebook page was filled with posts of condolences and testimonies to his positive influence on many in the community and flowers and cards were left at the barbershop's door on Tuesday.

A benefit dinner to help his family is planned for Jan.14 and a GoFundMe has been set up. More information here.

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Marshall Street Crash Under Investigation; Businesses Remain Closed Until Damage Repaired.

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
06:31PM / Friday, August 28, 2026

Glass litters Tres Ninos' floor on Friday. Right, the front logo from the truck is screwed into the plywood covering the front of the building.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two local businesses are closed for an indefinite amount of time after a pickup truck slammed through the front of Brewster's antique shop on Marshall Street on Thursday night.

Police Chief Mark Bailey said the crash is still under investigation and didn't have have any further information on Friday morning on one of the truck's occupants who was taken to the hospital.

Brewster's owner Casey Albert was standing in line at another antique shop on Friday, hoping to replace some merchandise shattered in the collision.

"I mean half the store is gone," she said. "He pushed a lot of things way far back, the whole front is just gone."

Albert said building owner David Carver said it would be months before she could re-open. Right now, she can get into the back half of the store but was told not to touch anything in the front until the insurance adjuster can look at it.

It's not clear, she said, how long it will take to repair the damage to the building. But her business is taking a big hit.

"You can't replace antiques," Albert said. "That's why they're usually expensive."

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