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November 13, 2007

Update: Westerly woman, 61, hit by car, dies

A Westerly woman has died at UMass Memorial Medical Center, after she and her teenage daughter were struck by a car Sunday night as they crossed a street in Putnam, Conn.

Alicia Russell, 61, died at about 6 p.m. yesterday, a hospital spokeswoman said this afternoon. The wife of Watch Hill Fire District Moderator Edwin Russell, she had been flown to UMass Memorial Medical Center, where she was in the intensive-care unit.

Russell and her 16-year-old daughter were initially taken to Day Kimball Hospital after being hit at the intersection of Front and Main streets just after 7 p.m. in the community about six miles from the Rhode Island border.

The teenager was treated and released.

According to the Putnam police, the driver was Deborah Desilets, 46, of Plainfield, Conn. She was driving east on Front Street when she struck the two, according to the police report.

The accident is still under investigation; no one has been arrested. The Putnam police are asking any witnesses to call (860) 928-6565.

-- projo.com staff writers Michael P. McKinney and Brandie Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Katie Mulvaney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:21 PM | Permalink

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