Crime & Safety

Minor Scooter Crash Early Tuesday On Malbone Road

A moped driver was taken to the hospital on Tuesday morning around 1:30 as a precaution.

NEWPORT, RI—A scooter accident made the television news Tuesday morning, but there was no serious harm, according to the Newport Fire Department. A 31-year-old man was riding on Cummings Road and crashed as he rounded the corner at Malbone Road around 1:30 a.m. He was taken to the hospital to be checked out, deputy Chief Paul Faerber said. Click here for Channel 10's story.

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