Traffic & Transit

Driver, 42, Killed In Weekend Coventry Crash

The man was rushed to the hospital following the crash on Flat River Road Sunday night.

COVENTRY, RI — One person was killed and another was injured following a crash on Flat River Road in Coventry late Sunday night, police said. The person who died was a 42-year-old man; police withheld his name pending notification of family members.

The crash happened just after 9 p.m. near the intersection of Gillespie Court and involved the man's vehicle and another vehicle driven by a woman, police said. Both were hospitalized and the man was later pronounced dead. The woman suffered minor injuries, police said.

There were no other occupants in the vehicles, police said.

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Coventry police were investigating the crash.

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