Crime & Safety

Salve Plans Prayer Vigil for Crash Victims

The service will be held Friday night.

Salve Regina University has planned a prayer vigil for the four students who were injured in an automobile accident early Thursday morning.

The school announced that the vigil will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, corner of Ochre Point and Leroy avenues.

"Our primary concern as a University community is for the health and well-being of these young men," Kristine Hendrickson, associate vice president of university relations and chief communications officer, said in a release. "Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with them and their families."

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Details of the accident are still under investigation by the Newport Police. 

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