Crime & Safety
No Word This Morning on Injuries in Head-on Crash
Route 85 was closed for hours Friday by a head-on collision at the Montville-Salem line
A two-car head-on collision on Route 85 sent two people by ambulance to Backus Hospital Friday. Montville Dispatch had no further information this morning on the victims, but believed one had been flown to Rhode Island Hospital.
The names of the people involved are not being released at this time.
The accident at the Montville-Salem line closed Route 85 for hours in both directions. Traffic was diverted to back roads, according to Oakdale Fire Chief Gary Murphy.
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, and Salem fire departments responded, Murphy said.
State Police at Troop E and Troop K said they had no information this morning.
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