Washington County Crash Reports

WESTERLY, RI – Medics transported a driver via helicopter to the hospital Wednesday after their vehicle crashed along a busy roadway in Westerly, reports 10 WJAR. Police say the incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on Atlantic Avenue near Maplewood Avenue. The details of the accident are still unclear, but crews at the scene say they found a driver entrapped within an overturned vehicle. They worked to extricate the driver, who sustained serious injuries. Authorities suspect a medical issue may have caused the driver to crash. A full investigation is underway. If you have been involved in a car accident and

NARRAGANSETT, RI – A woman was hospitalized and awaits criminal charges after intentionally ramming her vehicle into three other cars on Tuesday in Narragansett. WPRI 12 News reports that the incident began Tuesday morning just after 10 a.m. when an employee with the Department of Environmental Management asked a woman to move her parked car. The woman refused and fled in her vehicle when approached by an Environmental Police Officer. Law enforcement pursued the woman on Galilee Escape Road, where she rammed into three vehicles, including a marked police cruiser. Following these collisions, the woman’s vehicle ignited. A DEM employee

WESTERLY, RI – A woman died Thursday afternoon when her car crashed into another vehicle on a roadway in Westerly, reports WPRI 12.  Police say the incident happened just after 1 p.m. near the intersection of Post Road and Old Post Road. A preliminary investigation revealed that a pickup truck pulled in front of the victim’s car, at which point the vehicles collided on Post Road. The victim died after transport to a local hospital. Authorities have not yet identified her. Medics transported the driver of the pickup truck to the hospital with non-critical injuries. A full investigation of the