UPDATE: Maine man charged in multi-car North Kingstown crash that injured one
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) — The North Kingstown Police Department has charged a driver in a multi-vehicle accident that occurred on Route 4 Thursday afternoon.
According to North Kingstown Police Department Captain John K. MacCoy Jr., Colen Reck Peters, 68, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is charged with one felony count of driving to endanger resulting in personal injury.
He was arraigned by a justice of the peace at North Kingstown Police Headquarters and was issued a felony screening date of September 9.
According to Captain MacCoy, North Kingstown police and fire personnel responded to calls of the crash at approximately 4:34 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of West Allenton Road and Route 4.
Investigators initially learned that a Toyota Tacoma driving south on Route 4 approaching the intersection ran a red light and struck a Lincoln Zephyr broadside.
The Tacoma veered from the impact and struck a Jeep Cherokee, and the Zephyr then struck a Dodge Caravan that was stopped at the light.
An 18-year-old North Kingstown man driving the Zephyr was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
He was the only person involved in the incident to be injured.
The crash is still under investigation by the North Kingstown Police Crash Reconstruction Unit and anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the department’s detective division at 401-294-3316, ext. 8211.
