A Providence, Rhode Island, man has been indicted months after a head-on collision seriously injured another man in Freetown, Massachusetts.
NBC10 Boston affiliate WJAR reports that Anthony Flores, 26, is facing several charges in connection to the April crash, including operating under the influence, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
On April 20, police responded to multiple calls around 5:40 p.m. for a two-car crash on South Main Street in the village of Assonet and found both vehicles with heavy damage. The driver of the Acura TX, identified as Flores, was stuck in his vehicle and had to be freed by firefighters. The other driver, behind the wheel of a Plymouth Roadrunner, was a 68-year-old man who sustained life-threatening injuries. Both drivers were rushed to St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford.
Investigators said at the time that they believed Flores had crossed into oncoming traffic at a high rate of speed and hit the Roadrunner head-on. There was initially no word on the cause of the crash.
Further information wasn't immediately available Monday, including whether or not Flores had obtained an attorney. He's due back in Fall River Superior Court in November.
The victim in this case tells WJAR that the head-on crash nearly killed him, and it totaled his beloved classic car.
John Alexander, who is still slowly recovering, says he doesn't remember the crash that occurred while he was out in his lime green 1972 Plymouth Road Runner. He says he guesses that's a good thing because he got "busted up."
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His wife Deborah Alexander tells WJAR she knew something was wrong that day because it started raining and her husband was never out in his car when it rained.
"When we got there, he was already wheeled into the operating room, He was bleeding really bad, they lost him a few times, they had to revive him and then he went to surgery,” she recalled.
John Alexander misses his pride and joy -- the Road Runner -- but he's grateful to just still be here.
"Oh I’ll get another car, I don’t know if it’ll be another Road Runner but I’ll have another,” he said. “It was bad, really bad. Getting better though, getting better.”
