Crime & Safety
Fatal Crash On I-95 Claims Lives Of Two SK Residents
Two people were killed in a crash around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, state police said.
EAST GREENWICH, RI — Two people were killed in a crash around 3:30 a.m., state police said Saturday. The victims are Emma Brown, 21, of Wakefield, and Lorenzo Smith, 33, of South Kingstown. They were passengers. The single car accident happened on I-95 near the Route 4 merge. According to Laura Meade Kirk, state police spokeswoman, the car went off the road and hit a tree. Two other people, the driver and another passenger, were injured but are expected to survive. They were taken to Rhode Island Hospital.
The injured people's names are not being are released at this time, Kirk said. The accident is still being investigated.
This story will be updated.
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