CRANSTON – Police say they've arrested a many on multiple charges after they allege that he caused a crash that led to the death of a Johnston woman on Wednesday, NOv. 26.

At at around 3:40 p.m. on Wednesday, troopers from the Scituate Barracks responded to calls about a single motor vehicle crash on Route 295 south, south of Plainfield Pike, in the city of Cranston.

Witnesses to the crash stated that the driver of a Honda Accord, traveling in the high-speed lane, was forced off the roadway by another driver and entered the center median where the vehicle struck a tree.

The operator of the Honda, identified as Casey Bassignani, age 23, of Johnston, was transported to Rhode Island Hospital by Cranston Rescue, where she was pronounced deceased.

The operator of the second vehicle involved

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