Glocester woman dead following early morning crash

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GLOCESTER, R.I. (WLNE) – A Glocester woman is dead following an early morning car accident Sunday.

Glocester Police responded to the intersection of Putnam Pike and Tourtellot Hill Road for a vehicle that had struck a telephone pole around 12:00 a.m. Sunday.

The motorist, Michelle Fontaine, 50, of Glocester, was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Rhode Island Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Fontaine was not wearing a seat belt and there were no other passengers in the car.

The accident remains under investigation by the Glocester Police Department.

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