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October 27, 2006

Car falls off jack; a 46-year-old is seriously injured

PROVIDENCE – Two men were injured this evening while changing a car tire near500 Valley St.

They were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, one of them with “serious head injuries.”

James Taylor, chief of communications for the Providence Fire Department, said a
46-year-old man was unconscious with head and face injuries after the jack the men were using gave out.

The other man involved in the accident, which occurred about 5:30 p.m., was not as badly injured, he said.

-- projo.com staff writers Kate Bramson and Steve Peoples

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 6:09 PM | Permalink

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