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May 22, 2008

E. Providence man struck and killed crossing Route 95

The state police are trying to determine what a man was doing last night before he was struck and killed by a car while crossing Route 95 in Providence.

Police Lt. Steven Lefebvre said 36-year-old Peter Silva, of East Providence, did not come from a car that had, for example, broken down on the side of the highway.

“He was a pedestrian,” Lefebvre said.

Silva was pronounced dead on the scene –– Route 95 northbound near the Orms Street overpass –– when state and city police and city fire crews arrived, at about 9:40 p.m. last night.

The driver, Daniel Brisson, 52 of Central Falls, told troopers that he was driving in the high-speed lane when he saw Silva approaching on foot from the middle lane. Brisson told police that he did not have time to brake and he tried to swerve left; he hit Silva with the front of his car.

Silva went onto the hood of Brisson’s 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass and into the driver’s side of the windshield, Lefebvre said, ending up back on the road.

Brisson stopped immediately, Lefebvre said, and was helped by a witness. Brisson called authorities, who pronounced Silva dead at the scene.

Lefebvre said there is no indication that drugs or alcohol were involved in this death; Brisson is not facing any charges. Police are still investigating, trying to determine where Silva was before he walked onto the highway, and where he was going.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 2:00 PM | Permalink

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