80-Year Old Foster Woman Killed In Route 6 Accident

FOSTER, RI — One person died and another was injured after a crash near 157 Danielson Pike (Route 6) in Foster, near the Connecticut state line, state police said. The accident happened about 2:10 p.m. today. Sylvia Johnson, 80, of Foster, was killed. She was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where she was pronounced dead. A truck driver was injured. His name is not being released.

Johnson was heading westbound on Route 6 when her car veered into the eastbound lanes and collided with a roll-off truck headed east.

The truck driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The crash resulted in the closure of all four travel lanes on Route 6/Danielson Pike in both directions near the crash site for about two hours. Traffic was diverted onto alternate routes until all travel lanes were reopened about 4:15 p.m.

The crash is being investigated by the Rhode Island State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit, the Commercial Enforcement Unit and the Forensic Services Unit, along with troopers from the Rhode Island State Police Scituate Barracks and police officers from the Foster Police Department.

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