WARWICK, RI – Two people were hurt Sunday in a collision caused by an alleged drunk driver in northeast Kent County, reports 10 WJAR.
The accident occurred shortly before 11:45 p.m. on West Shore Road near Chesterfield Avenue in northeast Warwick, about 12 miles south of Providence.
Police say that the 46-year-old driver of a Ford F150 entered the wrong side of West Shore Road and crashed head on into a Toyota RAV4.
Medics transported the two occupants of the Toyota to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck, later identified as Brian Weaver, did not stop to render aid, instead choosing to flee south on Shore Road. Weaver crashed into a fire truck near Sandy Lane.
Weaver sustained minor injuries and was arrested on DUI charges.
The investigation is ongoing.
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