Crime & Safety

Drunken Pawtucket Hit-And-Run Driver Apprehended: Cops

The Pawtucket man refused a chemical test, police said.

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island state troopers apprehended a drunken hit-and-run driver, police said.

Ousseynou Seck, 27, was charged with driving under the influence of liquor, duty to stop for a accident resulting in damage to an attended vehicle and refusal to submit to a chemical test, the Rhode Island State Police said in a media release.

Seck was arrested shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday following a hit-and-run accident on Pawtucket Avenue in East Providence, according to the release.

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Seck was processed and arraigned at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, the release said.

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