Woman Hit by Car on 295, 81, Dies from Injuries
The driver of the car who hit the woman was not speeding or impaired, police said.
An 81-year-old woman who was struck by a car on Interstate 295 late Friday night in Cranston has died from her injuries, police said. The woman has not been identified pending notification to all family members. Police said the accident occurred just before 11 p.m. last night. The initial call had police thinking there was a stranded motorist on I-295 just south of Route 37, but when police arrived, they found several passers by tending to a woman who had been hit by a passing car. The woman was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later. Police said the woman had stopped her green Kia SUV in the breakdown lane on an angle, "with her tires resting on the fog line," said Cranston Police Major Robert W…
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