Crime & Safety
Police ID Woman Found in Cranston Pond
Cranston Police say Colleen Hopkins died when her car went through a fence and ended up in a retention pond behind the Plainfield Pike Walmart.
The woman who died after she apparently drove through a fence, down an embankment and into a detention pond behind the was 54-year-old Colleen Hopkins of Johnston.
Police said Hopkins' cause of death has yet to be determined by the medical examiner, but there's no reason to suspect foul play.
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Police said they're still investigating.
Earlier today, police released a timeline of what happened sometime overnight between Sunday and Monday. Hopkins' appears to have hopped the curb on the side of a private access road before going through the fence.
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Her Chrysler Sebring was found upside down in the water, first noticed by a truck driver making a delivery to Walmart around 12:45 Monday afternoon.
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