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East Greenwich car crash sends six people to hospitals early Friday morning

Jack Perry
The Providence Journal

Six people were injured when a car struck a tree early Friday morning in East Greenwich, according to a Twitter post from the East Greenwich Fire Fighters Association.

Two of the injured were taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital, three to Rhode Island Hospital's trauma center, both in Providence, and one to Kent Hospital in Warwick, according to IAFF Local 3328.

The crash happened at about 12:15 a.m. in the area of Middle Road and South County Trail, the firefighters said.

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Ambulances from West Warwick, Warwick and North Kingstown helped the East Greenwich Fire Department in taking the injured people to the hospitals.

Information was not immediately available from the East Greenwich Police Department.

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