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(JM)
FIRST AT TEN --
A LOCAL MAN IS IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
TONIGHT FOLLOWING A
SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT.
POLICE SAY HE WAS
DRIVING ALONG A LOCAL
ROAD --
WHEN HE LOST CONTROL
AND CRASHED INTO A
POLE.
AND WE'VE LEARNED --
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
-- POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING AN
ACCIDENT IN THAT AREA.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER MARILYN
SCHAIRER IS LIVE IN
SMITHFIELD TONIGHT WITH
OUR TOP LOCAL STORY.
LOCATOR- SMITHFIELD
SMITHFIELD POLICE SAY A
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HIS
CAR ON AUSTIN AVENUE FRIDAY
AND STRUCK A UTILITY POLE
SUFFERING SERIOUS INJURIES
AND DESTROYING HIS CAR.
SOT: BOB
LOCKWOOD/SMITHFIELD
( I HEARD THE CRASH THE COP
SAID IT WAS PRETTY BAD)
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
AROUND NOON ON A CURVE
NEAR LOCKWOOD CHRISTMAS
TREE FARM, AND FARM OWNER
BOB LOCKWOOD SAYS HE
HEARD THE SCREECH
MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH.
SOT: ( I WAS SELLING A
CHRISTMAS TREE
POLICE CONFIRM THE DRIVER,
58 YEARE OLD JAMES
MACCHIONI OF SMITHFIELD,
ENCOUNTERED THE SHARP
TURN AND SKIDDED INTO THE
POLE. THEY BELIEVE SPEED
WAS A FACTOR.
POLICE USED JAWS OF LIFE TO
REMOVE MACCHIONI FROM HIS
VEHICLE. HE WAS ALERT AND
CONSCIOUS WHEN HE WAS
TRANSPORTED TO THE TRAUMA
UNIT AT RHODE ISLAND
HOSPITAL.
A PASSENGER IN THE
CAR,WE'RE TOLD ESCAPED
WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY.
LOCKWOOD SAYS THERE WAS A
FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR HIS
HOUSE YEARS AGO, AND THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
SOT:
( WHEN I WAS A KID, THREE
PEOPLE WERE
KILLED.....PEOPLE ARE PRETTY
BAD AROUND HERE.)
OUTCUE: "PRETTY BAD AROUND
HERE."
(JM)
WE CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW DEVELOPING
NEWS ON A NATURAL GAS
EXPLOSION IN