WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - Westfield State University has announced the death of one of its students. Free public transportation in Massachusetts beginning Nov. 1 Abbey Majka was from Agawam and was studying Environmental Science and Regional Planning at Westfield State. The dean of students released a statement saying, "As a university community we are heartbroken. During their years at Westfield State, Abbey made many close friendships with students, faculty, and staff alike and they will be missed by many." Majka's younger sister, Erika is also a student at Westfield State. The circumstances surrounding Majka's death were not released. The University is offering counseling services to students and staff. They say Majka's family has asked for privacy at this time.  Local News Headlines Crews working on traffic signal outage on Route 5 in West Springfield Importance of discussing “danger zone” around school buses Suspect arrested after police target three Massachusetts homes for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine A look at how dry Massachusetts has been WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.