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May 4, 2006

2 women seriously hurt in crash on Tiverton line

FALL RIVER, Mass. – Two women with serious injuries were transported by helicopter to Rhode Island Hospital today after their car veered off Route 177 and hit a tree.

A Westport resident reported the accident at 8:33 a.m., said Deputy Police Chief Nicholas Maltais with the Tiverton Police.

Maltais said a gray 2005 Nissan Sentra with Massachusetts registration heading west on Route 177 traveled out of the left lane and crossed the center line before crashing into a tree in Fall River on the Tiverton, R.I., line. Authorities temporarily shut down the road while responding to the accident.

Maltais would not release the victims' identity or their ages, but said both are “adults.”

Route 177 reopened around noon. Reconstruction experts from Tiverton and Fall River are still investigating the cause of the accident.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:14 PM | Permalink

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