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October 31, 2006

N. Kingstown woman, 21, killed in crash on 95

The state police this morning identified a 21-year-old North Kingstown woman who died last evening in a single-car crash on Route 95 North in Warwick.

Sarah Allyn was pronounced dead at the scene after she lost control of the car she was driving and struck a guard rail in the median after the car rolled over several times, State Police Lt. Joseph DelPrete said.

The accident, which happened around 6:15 p.m., is still under investigation, DelPrete said. The police believe that inattention may be the cause, he said.

Allyn was traveling north in the high-speed lane, between exits 9 and 10 in Warwick, when she lost control of the 1996 Saturn about 3,000 feet south of the Cowesset Road overpass, DelPrete said.

According to witnesses, the car swerved to the left, into the breakdown lane. Allyn apparently overcompensated to the right and then overcompensated again, swerving back to the left. The car rolled over several times and then struck the guard rail, DelPrete said.

The evidence does not suggest that “excessive speed” was a factor, and neither alcohol nor narcotics appear to be the cause, DelPrete said.

Allyn was apparently traveling to a class, although DelPrete said he does not know exactly where she was going.

She was wearing her seatbelt, the police said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 10:43 AM | Permalink

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