PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — Police say a Boston man drove his car into oncoming traffic in Rhode Island, causing a crash that left two people dead and two others injured.
Police say the 20-year-old driver was headed south near the Raytheon Corporation’s Portsmouth campus on Friday when he crossed the double yellow line and hit a car carrying three people that was traveling in the opposite direction.
A 90-year-old Portsmouth woman and a 59-year-old Little Compton man in the second car were killed. The 58-year-old driver of that car was taken to a hospital, along with the other driver.
There’s no word on whether the driver is facing charges.
The crash remains under investigation.
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