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Grand jury indicts Tiverton motorcyclist in death

12:42 PM Tue, Nov 17, 2009 |
Thomas J. Morgan    Email

NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Newport County Grand Jury on Friday indicted Joseph Beirola, 48, of 43 Pocasset Ave., Tiverton, on a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol and driving to endanger, death resulting.

Beirola lost control of his motorcycle on Route 24 on the Main Road off-ramp in Tiverton on June 13, according to the Tiverton police. His passenger, Janet C. Valcourt, 53, of 191 Lawton St., Fall River, was fatally injured.

The defendant is to be arraigned in Newport County Superior Court on Thursday.

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