Shortly before 5am this morning some one operating a Volvo that apparently broke down left their vehicle in the high speed travel lane of Rt I-95 north in front of the Providence Place Mall and walked off.
Moments later a major accident was caused by this abandoned vehicle killing one and leaving one other in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital.
Police are still looking for the driver of the Volvo whom may face charges in the death of one, and should the other pass too they may be charged with that as well.
As a driver for AAA I work nights and often find abandoned vehicles on the road way, some times in the travel lanes.
In a case like this I will hook the vehicle and move it off to the break down lane for safety, and always notify the State Police.
Some times the owner is a AAA member and we end up towing them off the road later on.
Even if you are not a member of AAA; if your broke down on the highway and you see one of our trucks coming flag us down. We can do one of two things.
1) Sign you up for membership right there on the spot.
2) Even if we don't sign you up for membership we will tow your vehicle off the next exit to a safe area.
If you are not a member and wish to sign up now send me a message and I can sign you up if you live in RI or MA. Cost is $58.oo per year if you use a card and sign up for auto renewal.
This is a great thing to have, with membership up to 4 times a year we will come out to you and change your flat, unlock your doors, jump start your car, or tow your car if needed. You will receive 3 free miles on the tow and after that only pay $3.oo per mile. If you go over your 4 calls for the year you will be charged a convince fee of $25.oo to have us come out to you. Either way the membership will more then pay for itself the first time you use it.
If you call a regular tow company your going to be charged at least $75.00 for them to show up no matter what the reason for the call.
Anyway I got off track a bit, if anyone knows whom the driver of the abandoned Volvo is please contact the RI State Police at 401-444-1100 of contact me if you want your name left out of it, as a Private Detective I can help!
