JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Police charged Patrick Darigan of Chepachet with driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a chemical test after a three-way crash on Hartford Avenue early Sunday morning.
Deputy Johnston Police Chief Daniel Parrillo said Darigan was charged at the hospital where he was taken after his westbound vehicle crossed the center line and struck two other vehicles coming the other way around 12:39 a.m., not far from the fire station.
The other drivers received what Parrillo described as minor injuries.
Darigan's condition was not immediately known, but Parrillo said he was released to appear in District Court on May 15 on the DUI charge, and in state traffic court a day later on a second charge of refusing a blood-alcohol test.