VIDEO: RIPTA Bus Gets Into Accident on Route 2
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
A RIPTA bus got into an accident at the intersection of Route 2 and Yawgoo Valley Road on Monday afternoon at approximately 3:30 p.m.
A video sent to GoLocalProv by Daniel Paulsen shows Rhode Island State Police on the scene and a woman receiving medical attention.
RIPTA’s History
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAs GoLocalProv reported since 2014 four people have died in RIPTA bus crashes including 9-year-old Ani Emdjian.
Besides the death of Emdjian, Bobbie Moore was killed by a bus on Broad Street in May 2015 and U.S. Marshall Frank McKnight was killed by a bus in June 2014.
In 2018, a motorcyclist was killed in an accident with a RIPTA bus in Providence.
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