Police identify Warwick man killed in North Kingstown crash

September 19, 2022 9:43 am

Sam LaFrance,

This is a file photo of the North Kingstown Police Department. (WLNE)

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) — North Kingstown police released the name of a Warwick man who was killed in a crash in town over the weekend.

Police said that 69-year-old Mark Horton was pronounced dead at South County Hospital Saturday.

The crash happened just before noon when a 1993 Toyota MR2 crashed into a 2016 Hyundai Sonata on Slocum Road.

A 29-year-old Exeter man was driving the Toyota with Horton in the passengers seat. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The two people in the Hyundai, a 61-year-old man and 58-year-old woman, both from Weymouth, Massachusetts, were also taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.

Police said that the crash is still under investigation.