Joy O’Leary, 37, killed and hit-and-run driver Rudolph Alexander, 36, facing charges in two-vehicle crash on Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond, Rhode Island
Woman killed in car crash in Richmond, driver charged
Police said Alexander’s car drifted into the oncoming lane and stayed there for several hundred feet before he lost control and sideswiped a tree on his side of the car, then hit another one head-on. The impact of that crash spun the car and threw his passenger out.
Richmond police identify woman killed in Thursday morning wreck
Alexander was charged with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, and was ordered held without bail as a bail violator on an unrelated car crash that occurred in Westerly in May.
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After an injury car accident, take these steps to help the recovery process
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