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April 25, 2008
Car hits median in Providence; 5 hospitalized
PROVIDENCE -- A Pawtucket man and his four passengers were taken to Rhode Island Hospital today with serious injuries after the car they were in struck a concrete median, bounced off and ended up on a sidewalk.
At about 1 a.m., Brandon P. Genereux, 22, of 32 Seba Kent Road was driving south on Eddy Street where it meets Point Street when the car went through a red traffic light, struck the median divider and came to rest on the sidewalk, according to police.
Police Maj. Paul Fitzgerald said the crash is under investigation.
Along with driver, taken to the hospital were Levys Tovar, 28, the front seat passenger; Eliza G. Richardson, 19, the left back seat passenger; Corrine M. Butler, 20, the center back seat passenger; and, Alexander Tovar, 22, the right back seat passenger.
-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Gregory Smith
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As one of the people at the scene who called 911, I'm very relieved to know that everyone is alive.