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RI State Police Investigate Fatal Rte. 295 Rollover

RI Trooper Log arrests. The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks throughout Rhode Island.
RI Trooper Log arrests. The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks
The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks throughout RI.

WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police are investigating a fatal roll-over single-car crash that killed a Warwick man and seriously injured a 17-year-old Providence girl when the car they were in went off the road and crashed on Rte. 295 South in Warwick early Thursday .

Col. Ann C. Assumpico, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, reported the driver,  identified as Alexander Valicenti, 22, of 300 Country View Drive, Warwick, was pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigation by RI State Police showed  Valicenti was headed south on Rte. 295 when he lost control of his vehicle and it went off the road and rolled over just south of the Route 113 overpass near Exit 1A, according to Assumpico.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

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