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Deadly crash spurs new calls for wrong-way driving prevention

SOMERSET, Mass. (WPRI) — A Massachusetts bill is gaining support after the deadly wrong-way crash that killed a teenager and his grandparents on Christmas Day.

 

This comes after state legislators got a phone call from a North Attleboro councilor, who was deeply impacted by the crash.

 

“The family that died — the Arrudas — were friends of mine. The boy that was killed Jacoby, 15 years old, was a teammate and friend of my son’s,” Daniel Donovan said during Monday’s town council meeting, where he spoke emotionally about House Bill 3435.

 

Read more about the bill at wpri.com.

 

Alex Torres-Perez

wpri.com

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