Crime & Safety

RI: 4-Car Crash On Mount Hope Bridge

The Portsmouth Fire Department confirmed the accident happened around 12:35 p.m.

PORTSMOUTH, RI -- Crews responded to an accident on the Mount Hope Bridge on Tuesday afternoon. The first call for help came around 12:35 p.m., the Portsmouth Fire Department said. Four cars were involved, but there were no major injuries. One patient went to Newport Hospital, and a second patient was taken to the hospital in Fall River, Mass. Earlier reports of a car fire and a person suffering a medical emergency were unfounded, the fire department said.

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