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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Pedestrian Hit On Main Street Last Week

The woman declined to be taken to the hospital; the incident follows a hit-and-run on Main Street in February that injured two pedestrians.

A woman crossing Main Street near the EG Fire Station was hit by a car Friday. She declined medical treatment. It’s the second time in a month that a car has hit a pedestrian on Main Street. On Feb. 19, two people were injured by a hit-and-run driver on Main Street, one seriously. According to the police accident report, the incident on Friday took place around 11:15 a.m., when a car driven by Amanda Greene of East Greenwich attempted to turn onto Main Street from Dedford Street. Greene told police she was stopped on Dedford Street when a car on Main Street stopped to let her turn onto Main Street. Greene drove through the crosswalk, hitting the pedestrian in the knee. Greene told police she’d seen the pedestrian and another woman on the …

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

State Police Arrest East Greenwich Hit & Run Suspect In Smithfield

The following information was provided by the RI State Police. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

  RI State Police arrested a Glocester woman in Smithfield early this morning, charging her with last night's hit and run striking two pedestrians in East Greenwich, sending them to the hospital.  Rescue workers arrived at 162 Main St., in front of the Greenwich Hotel just before midnight after a 911 call reporting a pedestrian hit by a car. Fire and rescue personnel found two victims at the scene — a 40-year-old woman with a lower leg injury, and a 49-year-old man, who was unconscious and appeared to have a serious head injury, according to EG Fire Chief Peter Henrikson. He was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital. The woman was transported to Kent County Hospital. The car that hit the two fled the scene, Henrikson said.  Shortly after, RI …

Joseph

12:29 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013

Lets hope we don't see this person repeating this act over and over. INFORCE THE LAW.   more ›

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