[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The WPD has ID'd the drivers in Monday's Airport Road Motorcycle crash, and disclosed more details of the investigation.

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Police Department. Jan. 15, a driver fled a stop, crashed and was arrested in Cranston.

WARWICK, RI — On Jan. 15, 2026 at about 2:10 p.m., an erratic driver fled a Warwick Police officer trying to top him near Post Road.

The driver led officers down Post Road, Jefferson Boulevard and onto Rte. 95 North, Warwick Police report.

Driver fled, crashed

The driver, later identified as Roberto Lopez, 45, of Central Falls, lost two tires on his vehicle during the pursuit and also lost control, crashing into two marked Warwick Police Department cruisers.

Lopez then fled the vehicle on foot, then jumped a fence onto Wellington Avenue in Cranston, where officers apprehended him.

There were no injuries reported.

Warwick Police charged Lopez with DUI of liquor (BAC unknown), eluding law enforcement, two counts of failure to stop for an accident resulting in damage to an attended vehicle, driving without a license (4th or subsequent offense), and obstructing an officer in the execution of duty.

Lopez was also found to be wanted on an extraditable warrant out of Maine for carrying a prohibited weapon.

Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at editor@warwickpost.com with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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