Driver Arrested After Providence I-95-Area Crash, Allegedly Punched a Detective While Fleeing on Foot

Providence police responded at about 12:45 p.m. on Monday, October 26, to a crash in which a 2019 Toyota Camry hit an embankment at the Coro Building parking lot near Interstate 95, according to WJAR reporting carried by WiseVoter. The driver, identified in that reporting as Nelson Pires, allegedly fled on foot and punched a Providence detective before officers captured him; the detective did not require medical care. WPRI separately reported that Providence police apprehended suspects who fled a crash in the city on Monday afternoon. The charges are allegations, and Pires is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A driver was arrested in Providence on Monday, October 26, after a crash near Interstate 95 ended in a foot chase and an alleged assault on a police detective, according to local reporting. Police responded to the crash at about 12:45 p.m., WJAR reporting carried by WiseVoter said.

Source: WiseVoter (reporting WJAR)

The vehicle, a 2019 Toyota Camry, crashed into an embankment at the Coro Building parking lot, and the driver attempted to escape on foot, according to that reporting. During the pursuit, the driver allegedly punched a Providence detective, though the officer did not require medical care. WPRI 12 News separately reported on Monday that Providence police apprehended suspects who they say fled a crash in the city that afternoon.

Source: WPRI 12 News (YouTube)

The driver was identified in the WJAR reporting as Nelson Pires. He faces charges reported as simple assault, obstruction, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and violating a no-contact order, and he also remains subject to an outstanding bench warrant issued in Lincoln, according to the reporting. The John DePetro Show's account of the same Providence incident said the driver punched the detective after the crash near I-95 and that responding officers and state troopers intervened to take him into custody, with temporary lane closures on I-95 while the scene was cleared.

Source: John DePetro Show

All of the charges are allegations only. Pires is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in court, and no court outcome has been reported.

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