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January 30, 2007

Multi-car crash briefly closes Rte. 95 in Warwick

A multi-car accident in the beginning of rush-hour created miles of traffic back-ups on Route 95 from Warwick to Providence this afternoon.

Four vehicles collided at around 4:30 p.m., landing in the second and fourth southbound lanes of the highway just south of the T.F. Green Airport connector, said State Police Cpl. John Beauregard.

Traffic had stopped in both of those lanes, and then state police needed to shut down the entire highway for five minutes to tow the vehicles out of the way, he said. Just a few minutes was enough to stall traffic all the way into the capital city, he said.

One car had rolled over, but there were no serious injuries, Beauregard said. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

-- Journal staff writer Amanda Milkovits

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 6:47 PM | Permalink

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