OUI, homicide charges in 195 crash
Police: Truck hit car from behind
Updated: Sunday, 11 Jan 2009, 10:18 AM EST
Published : Saturday, 10 Jan 2009, 5:35 PM EST
SEEKONK, Mass. (WPRI) - A West Warwick woman was killed early Saturday morning when police say a Little Compton man's truck hit her car from behind.
Police say 25-year-old Roger West was traveling on I-195 East when his Dodge Charger hit 27-year-old Carrie Geraci's Toyota from behind, near the weigh station on 195 in Seekonk about 2:45 A.M.
Geraci was pronounced dead at the scene. West and his two passengers suffered minor injuries.
West was arrested and charged with motor vehicle homicide, operating under the influence of alcohol, and operating to endanger.
Police shut down portions of I-195 for two hours overnight to investigate the scene and to remove vehicles involved.
Massachusetts State Police are still investigating.
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