Crime & Safety

Four Hurt, One Dead After Serious Woonsocket Crash

The crash happened at around 2 a.m. on Mendon Road.

WOONSOCKET, RI-A 22-year-old Woonsocket woman has died after a serious crash on Mendon Road early Tuesday morning that sent five people to the hospital.

Woonsocket police identified the victim as Alexandra Patten Parenteau of Woonsocket.

Parenteau was in Saturn sedan with with four other people when it crashed into a utility pole at around 1:40 a.m., police said.

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Crews rushed all the passengers of the car to the hospital. Parenteau was pronounced dead at Landmark Medical Center; the four other victims sustained non life-threatening injuries, according to police.

The accident investigation is ongoing and police will release more details when it is completed.

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