Pedestrians Pinned Between Cars by Elderly Driver

TRANSFER STATION ACCIDENT
Two people were pinned between two vehicles after an 86-year-old man hit the gas instead of the brakes at the town’s transfer station on Saturday, according to Little Compton police.

Police said the incident happened at around 3:09 p.m. and one of the two pedestrians was transported to the hospital with unspecified injuries. The other refused treatment.

The operator, a Little Compton resident, was not charged and the incident was deemed an accident.

FOUND DRONE
Police said a South Shore Road resident on Saturday turned in a drone he found lying on his front deck. Police put it in the department’s lost and found.

CHILD IN CLOSET
Police responded to a Bramblewood Cross house on Saturday for a report of a missing child that was found hiding in a closet, police said. Police were dispatched at around 9:30 p.m.

Other incidents reported by Little Compton police:

• Police responded to Adamsville Wine & Spirits on Dec. 21 for a report of a person who seemed intoxicated. Police said officers responded at around 8 p.m. and discovered that she was having a medical issue and was not intoxicated.
• Early Thursday at around 1:46 p.m., police responded to an East Main Road address for a report of a domestic argument. Police resolved the matter after talking with everyone involved and no arrests were made.
• A dog was found wandering on John Dyer Road at around 8:18 p.m. on Saturday. The dog was transported to the Sakonnet Vet.
• Nobody was hurt after a two-car crash at the intersection of Crandall Road and Main Street. Police said cars being driven by a 34-year-old Tiverton man and a 28-year-old Fall River, Mass., woman collided. There was slight damage to each vehicle.
• A 64-year-old Cumberland man on Dec. 21 told police that he hit a dear while driving on West Main Road at around 6:26 p.m. Nobody was hurt, the vehicle suffered slight damage and the deer could not be located.