Norwood Man in Fatal Route 1 Dragging Gets Jail Time

FOXBOROUGH, MA — A Norwood man who dragged a woman to death while driving on Route 1 North in Wrentham and Foxborough will spend time behind bars.

Moses Acloque, 25, was recently sentenced to one year in a house of corrections and three years of probation. The state asked for three to five years in a state prison with three years of probation, according to David Traub, a spokesman for the Norfolk County district attorney's office.

As part of his probation Acloque, must undergo a drug evaluation, obtain treatment deemed necessary by the evaluation, and refrain from using drugs.

In February, Acloque, was convicted of leaving the scene of a collision causing death, motor vehicle homicide, property larceny under $250, and use of motor vehicle without authority. The charges stem from a November 2013 incident that began following a confrontation in the parking lot of the Arbor Inn on Route 1 in Wrentham, where Acloque had apparently been squatting in a vacant room at the inn, the DA's office said. After management approached Acloque, he fled in a truck and struck Kanchanben Patel. Patel became stuck under the car and was dragged up Route 1 until the truck stopped at a restaurant just south of Gillette Stadium.

While at the restaurant, Acloque put the car in the reverse until Patel's body was dislodged and attempted to flee the scene. He was arrested in the area after a driver who followed Acloque notified police of his location.

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