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June 5, 2007

Update: Police ID driver killed in Lincoln collision

LINCOLN -- The driver of a Jeep Cherokee on southbound Route 146 in Lincoln was killed this morning when, while swerving to avoid hitting a deer, he drove his vehicle into the next lane and was struck by a tractor-trailer truck, the state police said.

The state police released his name this afternoon. He is David G. Cimini, 50, of Clarendon Street, Johnston.

Witnesses told the state police that Cimini was heading south in the right lane in a 1988 Jeep Cherokee just south of the Route 116 exit and north of the Limerock Quarry when the deer came out of the woods on the west side of the road.

State police Lt. Glenn Skalubinski said Cimini turned too sharply and his vehicle wound up in the other, left southbound lane. The Jeep was perpendicular to the tractor-trailer when the truck hit the Jeep broadside and pushed it for about 300 feet, Skalubinski said.

An initial inspection of the tractor-trailer showed no technical problems with the vehicle and while the accident is still under investigation, Skalubinski said at this time state police do not expect charges to be filed.

-- Journal staff writer John Hill

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