Rhode Island officer among 2 dead in wrong-way crash on interstate
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A police officer is among two people dead following a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 in Rhode Island.
.@RIStatePolice say Patrolman Ryan Bourque, 24, was heading home after finishing his shift with @JamestownPD @NBC10 pic.twitter.com/D3nBqvaDeo
— Cierra Putman SBGTV (@NBC10_Cierra) May 23, 2016
Rhode Island State Police say Jamestown patrolman Ryan J. Bourque was killed in the crash, which happened at approximately 12:07 a.m. Monday on I-95 South in East Greenwich.
Police say the 24-year-old patrolman was heading home to Coventry after finishing up his 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift when his Dodge Charger was hit head-on in the high-speed lane by a Toyota Camry being driven the wrong way by 23-year-old Dejae T. Pizarro, of Bedford, Massachusetts.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Pizarro was also killed.
State police continue to investigate.