Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian Gordon Wood Hit and Killed by Motorist

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian Gordon Wood Hit and Killed by Motorist

On Sunday, one of Rhode Island’s most accomplished writers and historians, Gordon Wood, was hit and killed by a motorist.

He was 92.

 

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Wood won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize.

 

Wood was one of America’s most accomplished scholars on the American Revolution — he won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for his work The Radicalism of the American Revolution. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal.

 

He was the Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. His list of academic awards over the past 50 years is unmatched - he is the leading Revolutionary era historian.

 

Police Report

East Providence Police reported that on Sunday, “officers were dispatched to the Shaw's Supermarket parking lot on Taunton Avenue for a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. Upon the officer's arrival, they began treating a 92-year-old male from Providence who sustained serious injuries in the crash. The male was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.”

 

According to the East Providence Police:

"The female operator of the vehicle remained on scene and is cooperating with investigators. The Traffic/Crash Reconstruction Team and Detective Division are investigating the crash. At this time, the operator has not faced any charges," said East Providence Police.

The East Providence Police Department would like to thank the public who called 911 and assisted on scene before first responders arrived. At this time, the operator's name is not being released.