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April 26, 2006

Updated: Woman out of hospital after Rt. 95 crash

PROVIDENCE -- A city woman thrown from a car when it flipped on a Route 95 northbound off-ramp last night has been treated and released from Rhode Island Hospital, spokeswoman Andrea Barbosa said this morning.

Anna Vasquez, 21, had been sitting in the back seat of the Honda when the driver, her husband, Juan Roman, struck a Jersey barrier around 11:20 p.m. on the Thurbers Avenue off-ramp, state police Cpl. Kevin O’Brien said.

The state police have charged Roman, 24, no address available, with reckless driving and driving under the influence in the wake of the accident. Cpl. Kevin O’Brien said Roman was driving “at a high rate of speed,” perhaps 100 mph.

Roman was expected to be arraigned this morning in Sixth District Court. He was being held overnight in state police barracks after being treated at Rhode Island Hospital, O'Brien said.

A third person in the vehicle, Hommy Acevedo, 26, of Providence, was in the front passenger seat, and was the only one wearing a seat belt, O’Brien said. He was treated at Rhode Island Hospital and released, hospital spokeswoman Barbosa said.

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